29 min
Reading "Unhappy" Books with Andrew Seidman [EP9] Think Differently and Deeply Podcast
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- Self-Improvement
Why do we teach serious novels and tragic dramas, rather than "happy" books, in high school English? Andrew Seidman, St. Andrew's English teacher, shares how reading "unhappy" books helps students put themselves in someone else's shoes, an exercise in theory of the mind that builds social cognition and empathy.
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Why do we teach serious novels and tragic dramas, rather than "happy" books, in high school English? Andrew Seidman, St. Andrew's English teacher, shares how reading "unhappy" books helps students put themselves in someone else's shoes, an exercise in theory of the mind that builds social cognition and empathy.
SUBSCRIBE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY & DEEPLY ON iTUNES/APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/3JCpK1u
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EPISODE: https://www.thecttl.org
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CONNECT WITH US!
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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CTTLatSAES
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cttl
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheCTTL
29 min