In past classes, I have had to put together book reviews. In my Teaching Adult Learners class, Dr. Michael Day has asked us to complete three book reviews or critiques.
Most of the book review contains what you would typically find in a book review: purpose, arguments and evidence, as well as your personal reaction. However, Day asked us to add one piece that no one else has ever asked me to add. He asked for context. He wanted us to analyse the book considering the time it was written and the events that could have influenced the author. I felt this added to the value of the book review. I could glean a brief insight into the reasoning why Lindeman wrote The Meaning of Adult Education*
Day explains in his reasoning that reading Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren’s How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading* introduced him to this method for writing book reviews. I have added this to my reading list, and I hope you have done the same.
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