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Reading "Unhappy" Books featuring Andrew Seidman [EP9]
Manage episode 230486637 series 2223346
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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Manage episode 230486637 series 2223346
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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LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-cttl
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheCTTL
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