Adler And Van Doren's Essay: The Activity And Art Of Reading
In the Adler and Van Doren’s essay titled “The Activity and Art of Reading,” we are asked to respond to the conclusion that a teacher can help the students, but the student “must do the learning.” His argument, for me, seems to be a bit difficult to follow and yet I found myself nodding my head at the same time. I am not in total agreement, but with my best efforts I am trying to understand, in full, the context which he communicated to his audience. Having been a former helicopter instructor myself, there were numerous similarities between the attitudes he had with his students and the attitude I had with mine; particularly with respect to a student’s ability to learn. According to the teachings of Abraham Maslow, there is a hierarchy