http://www.slj.com/2013/05/opinion/consider-the-source/constellations-consider-the-source/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 01:33:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.slj.com/2013/05/opinion/consider-the-source/constellations-consider-the-source/#comment-36414 Myra Zarnowski Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:13 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=44220#comment-36414 Why does this sound like jackdaws? Because like most good ideas, it's been around before. However, the problem I have with this is that we lose the larger picture when we read bits and pieces of this and that. Too often I hear, "You don't have to read the whole book." But...you do if you want a coherent view of something. Which is to say, I am skeptical about the short text approach to learning if it isn't balanced by the long-term, in-depth approach. Why does this sound like jackdaws? Because like most good ideas, it’s been around before. However, the problem I have with this is that we lose the larger picture when we read bits and pieces of this and that. Too often I hear, “You don’t have to read the whole book.” But…you do if you want a coherent view of something. Which is to say, I am skeptical about the short text approach to learning if it isn’t balanced by the long-term, in-depth approach.

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