Why Teachers Select Bad Books
1. Cognitive Dissonance
2. Seeking flow, an enjoyable level of difficulty in reading material
3. Following our interests, seeking engagement through our personal interests or specialities.
4. Prestige books- books that are highly esteemed might be regarded as a "higher" form of teaching, but that does not make them the most appropriate books for a given audience of students.
5.Principle of Least Effort- We teach what we know well
6. Lack of knowledge of youth culture/ youth interests
Why teachers aren't great writers
- A lack of time.motivation to practice
-A lack of variety in what we write
-A lack of feedback
-Because many of us already believe we are great writers. Pride of authorship...
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