Hard Times: The Gradgrind System of Education Hard times is set out in three different books: The Sowing; The Reaping; The Garnering. ... However because of her lack of exposure to the world outside books and facts she is unable to use it. ... This is also proved by when in the third chapter first book, the narrator says about Louisa 'would have been self-willed but for her bringing up'. ...
In Apple's second chapter, he begins by stating that Americans aren't learning as much as they should, or don't know enough of what they should know, and yet continue to criticize those who they feel are more intellectually inferior to them. ... The examples Apple gives are that social studies texts still refer to the period known as "The Dark Ages- rather than, what he believes to be: historically more accurate and much less racist phrase "the ages of African and Asian Ascendancy- or books that treat Rosa Parks as merely a nave African-American woman who was simply too tired...
A chapter "Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension written by Nell K. ... When reviewing the research and many books about reading, and more specifically reading comprehension, it is often difficult to find a definition of reading comprehension. ...
Abstract: The traditional way of teaching reading affects the students' reading ability. This paper analyses its disadvantages and gives some suggestions and measures from different aspects. They are vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current students Key words: vocabulary, reading habits, reading skills, outside reading and also the psychology of the current Èz ∘ÎÃšÄ ¶Ã ½ÌÑ ÖÃÌá ¸ßÑ É µÄÄ ¶ÃÄÜà ÃéÑÅ ÖÃÎ...
