1. Reading for your degree LDU – LearnHigher CETL and LDHEN www.learnhigher.ac.uk www.londonmet.ac.uk/ldu

2. What ’ s going on Why look at reading? Students are not reading Students are not critical Students do not see the point …

3. Why some don ’ t read Studying seen as part time Reading less in the ‘ real world ’ Sheer amount of information … More reading expected of students with less time Subjects seen as vocational rather than academic

4. What ’ s it for? Reading is thinking Reading = access to ideas & knowledge claims Reading is learning Reading = answering the question!

5. What do these mean? Have you seen these – do you understand them?  Independent learner  Reading list  Read around the subject  Read and make notes

6. Activity Brainstorm: Why do we read? How do we know what to read? How can we read effectively? How much should we read?

7. Reading strategy Make a meal of reading use your QOOQRRR Q – Question – novice, initiate O – Overview 1 – of course O – Overview 2 – of text Q – Question – why am I reading this now? R – read actively and interactively R – re-read and make notes R – review

8. Active, interactive & critical reading Activity: For EACH significant section: What is this paragraph about? Where is the writer coming from? Who would agree/disagree with this position? What is the argument? Who would dis/agree? What is the evidence? Is it valid? How do you know? Annotations – marginalia - short notes. TIP : index cards of all sources – re-cycle reading

9. Writing questions: What is this paragraph about? What exactly is that? What is your argument? (Tell me more) What is the evidence (for & against)? What does it mean? How does this relate back to the question as a whole?

10. Reading tricks Read and come up with: Three words that describe how it made you feel A bare bones summary (25 words) A visual summary An object that represents something from the text One question that you would ask the author A one minute presentation on the topic

11. Research If you want to participate in the Learn Higher CETL research into reading and notemaking Or share your reading/notemaking resources and strategies Contact Sandra Sinfield s.sinfield@londonmet.ac.uk for more information. s.sinfield@londonmet.ac.uk