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Student Engagement through Book Clubs: Lessons Learned

Student Engagement through Book Clubs: Lessons Learned. Dr. Stephen Owen & Dr. Tod Burke Department of Criminal Justice Radford University. Introductions. Dr. Stephen Owen & Dr. Tod Burke Our Experience with Book Clubs

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Student Engagement through Book Clubs: Lessons Learned

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  1. Student Engagement through Book Clubs:Lessons Learned Dr. Stephen Owen & Dr. Tod Burke Department of Criminal Justice Radford University

  2. Introductions • Dr. Stephen Owen & Dr. Tod Burke • Our Experience with Book Clubs • Goal: To Consider How Book Clubs Can Promote Student Engagement with Course Material

  3. Literature Review Key Lessons: • “Readicide” and “Reading Under Duress” • Students Value Collaboration and Engagement • Value of Writing about Reading • What the Best College Teachers Do

  4. For Discussion… What books related to your discipline – other than textbooks – could be used to enhance student learning?

  5. Goals of Book Clubs • Enhance engagement with course material • Promote critical reading and critical thinking • Enhance teamwork and communication skills

  6. Structuring a Book Club • Students work in groups • Each group explores a book • Multiple group meetings to process book content • Incorporation of book content into class • Final paper • Group presentation/discussion • Prior to meeting • Summary/Reflective journal • Develop discussion questions • At the meeting • Share ideas • Discuss questions • Prepare group answer to question posed by instructor

  7. Implementation Issues • One book, or multiple books? • How to select books? • How to assign groups? • Ideal group size? • Number of group meetings? • What questions provide meaningful analysis? • How to integrate with class? • How to evaluate group work fairly?

  8. Pro’s and Con’s PRO’s • Promotes critical analysis • See application of material • More than a “book report” • Promotes reading • Builds professional skills • OTHERS? CON’s • Faculty workload • Student workload • “Free rider” issues • Picking the right books • Not a good fit for all classes • OTHERS?

  9. Developing a Book Club Consider one of your courses… • What purpose? • What books? • What questions? • How to integrate with class?

  10. Conclusion • Positive results of book clubs • Questions?

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