Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Terry Freedman
Feb 03, 2023
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Writers and teachers have at least one thing in common: the injunction to show rather than tell. In my experience of teaching, nowhere is this advice more appropriate than in relating to information sources. Kids tend to think that if a computer says it, it must be true, ditto if it appears in a textbook.

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