Brian Gore“Sound Ideas” for Composition and Literature
Posted by Brian Gore on July 3, 2009
Sound Ideas
Michael J. Krasny, San Francisco State University & KQED Public Radio
M.E. Sokolik, University of California, Berkeley
Sound Ideas has as its main premise that reading involves interpreting texts of many sorts—not just fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, but also visual text, the spoken word, and more. The differing learning styles of students and teaching styles of instructors help direct this approach: students learn best when exposed to information that is presented in a variety of different ways. Sound Ideas also has as its premise that today’s classroom may look different from the classroom of fifty years ago, or even just a decade ago. Students have a wide variety of linguistic backgrounds and types of preparation for college-level studies. This is not a handicap to overcome, but a wealth of experience to explore. Sound Ideas addresses the needs as well as the interests of an increasingly diverse student population, while maintaining strong connections to a history of ideas.
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