Reading Response:
1. Readings: Read the following resources before attempting to compose this journal: Becoming a Learner, Introduction and Chapter 1
2. Summary: Compose a one-paragraph summary of Becoming a Learner Introduction and Chapter 1
3. Reading Response: Respond to any ONE of the critical thinking prompts below. You may respond to additional prompts for extra credit.
A. Sanders says that “the hardest thing for you to know is the thing you think you already know” (p. xiii). Why does he ask his readers to keep this thought in mind as we read his book?
B. What is Sanders’ purpose in writing this little book?
C. What does Sanders say should be our primary purpose in acquiring a college education?
D. Sanders invites us to participate in a “new kind of conversation,” (a new way of thinking and talking) about education. What kind of conversation does he have in mind? How is it different from other conversations about education?