GRAPHIC NOVELS – THEY’RE BIG AND THEY’RE CLEVER!

I’m a huge fan of graphic novels and when I read this twitter thread from @kmarch67 it made me incredibly sad and rather angry. I’ve already written about the difficulty of getting students reading for pleasure but when teachers are telling students they shouldn’t read graphic novels, then they are only making the situation worse. …

Reading for Capitalist Pleasure

In Yanis Varoufakis’ excellent and very accessible economics book ‘Talking to My Daughter About the Economy’ he states that the capitalist system has led to a situation where exchange values now triumph over experiential values.  What does this mean? And why is that so problematic for teachers when encouraging students to read? Before I get …

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