What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics by Rotella, Carlo

What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics

An eloquent and moving story about the value and the pleasures of intellectual exploration--and why it matters...
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Author: Carlo Rotella
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Language: English
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What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics by Rotella, Carlo

What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics

$48.08

What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics

$48.08
Author: Carlo Rotella
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An eloquent and moving story about the value and the pleasures of intellectual exploration--and why it matters beyond the classroom.

At a time when college students and their parents often question the "return on investment" from humanities courses, accomplished feature writer and English professor Carlo Rotella invites us into the minds of a group of skeptical first-year students who are ultimately transformed by a required literature class.

In What Can I Get Out of This? he follows thirty-three students through his class to provide an intimate look at teaching and learning from their perspectives as well as his own. The students' reluctance--"How does this get me a job?"--transforms into insight as they wrestle with challenging books, share ideas, discover how to think critically, and form a community. In all these ways, they learn how to extract meaning from the world around them, an essential life skill. Confronting skeptics of higher education, this compassionate and inspiring book reveals the truth of what students actually experience in college.

Author: Carlo Rotella
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780520416567

About the Author
Carlo Rotella is Professor of English at Boston College. A regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine, he has written books about cities, boxing, music, and literature.

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