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Learning from Books: How to Read a Book (1957)

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About this film

This program deals with reading as a form of learning. Dr. Adler discusses the kinds of readingreading for pleasure, information and enlightenment. He stresses what is involved in reading for enlightenment and gives the rules for this kind of reading. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)

Directors & creators

KGO-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Mortimer J. Adler, Reading, Learning, Education, Great Ideas, Philosophy of Education, Active Learning, Communication, Enlightenment, Teaching, Literacy, Instructional Media, Books, Listening Skills, Discussion, Language, Symbols, Intellectual Development, Pedagogy, Information Acquisition, Self-Instruction, Mass Communication, Great Books, Analytical Thinking

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