{"product_id":"critical-reading-across-the-curriculum-volume-1-humanities","title":"Critical Reading Across the Curriculum, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful strategies, tools, and techniques for educators teaching students critical reading skills in the humanities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvery educator understands the importance of teaching students how to read critically. Even the best teachers, however, find it challenging to translate their own learned critical reading practices into explicit strategies for their students. \u003ci\u003eCritical Reading Across the Curriculum: Humanities, Volume 1 \u003c\/i\u003epresents exceptional insight into what educators require to facilitate critical and creative thinking skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten by scholar-educators from across the humanities, each of the thirteen essays in this volume describes strategies educators have successfully executed to develop critical reading skills in students studying the humanities. These include ways to help students:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efocus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eactively re-read and reflect, to re-think, and re-consider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunderstand the close relationship between reading and writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebecome cognizant of the critical importance of context in critical reading and of making contextual connections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elearn to ask the right questions in critical reading and reasoning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eappreciate reading as dialogue, debate, and engaged conversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition, teachers will find an abundance of innovative exercises and activities encouraging students to practice their critical reading skills. These can easily be adapted for and applied across many disciplines and course curricula in the humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe lifelong benefits of strong critical reading skills are undeniable. Students with properly developed critical reading skills are confident learners with an enriched understanding of the world around them. They advance academically and are prepared for college success. This book arms educators (librarians, high school teachers, university lecturers, and beyond) with the tools to teach a most paramount lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54162216354136,"sku":null,"price":81.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781119154860_c0fdf480-bc47-4286-b5d0-303148f71429.jpg?v=1780386352","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/critical-reading-across-the-curriculum-volume-1-humanities","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}