YES Heidi. it does amaze me how many students dont read the reading list as if it is something that has been put together just to fill up a page! How anyone even begins to imagine that they have the knowledge they need to complete a degree without reading is beyond me. i have learners who by xmas still haven't read a book and never read a paper and then wonder why they are getting a 3 , just about! they will fail or drop out and it is everyone else's fault! lol lol ! seriously i asked my lot to present an article they had read this week and 10 of the 16 hadn't read a paper and 4 of the 6 left had read the sun or metro! i do think this is a huge flaw in the OU and distance learning system though. many people do as little as possible to get through and when you dont attend a class and get nagged by lecturers it is easy to do. i have wonderful learners a superb class but have had to teach them from scratch reading, skimming , canning and study skills as they all dod their NVQs train to gain and have no academic skills whatsoever. we disable people who wish to go further, through train to gain.
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