Re: [LM_NET] GEN: In the papers...

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@GMAIL.COM>]

The "Book It" program was criticized in the book "Punished by Rewards"
by Alfie Kohn of promoting unhealthy eating habits, rather than
encouraging the real reward of reading, which is reading itself.  The
book refers to the program as creating "fat kids who still don't like
to read for its own rewards."

Stephen Krashen also criticizes the "Book It" program because it uses
rewards to motivate children to read, when most of the time the only
things needed to motivate children to read are:

*  access to a LOT of good books
*  time to read those books
*  enthusiasm for reading by the adults around them (teachers, parents)
*  modeling of the reading process

So, yes, the "Book It" program has received some serious criticism in
the past...and now with physical education and recess being removed
from the daily schedules of most schools, it seems that adding food as
a reward to motivate children to read will receive even more criticism
as health problems increase among the young.

~Shonda



On 3/4/07, Mary Ann Bell <drmaryannbell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Susan Patron's article on "body parts" was in the HoustonChronicle, which I
> consider good news. I was not happy with an article that ran in the same
> paper yesterday, though. I just now got to it via this link:
> http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/280609,bookit030307.article
> It is critical of Pizza Hut's Book It, because it causes unhealthy eating
> habits. I remember using this program as one of very many reading incentives
> that I used in my junior high library in the past. Am I wrong to still think
> that this program is an OK way to give treats to kids who read?  Not able to
> feel that guilty, Mary Ann
>
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Shonda Brisco, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
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