This latter bit of extra-curricular reading suits our Scotland month particularly well.
This extra-curricular reading was essential to my university application and ultimately, contributed to the success of my application to study history at the University of Cambridge, becoming the first in my family to attend university.
Within key predictor variables, preferred reading material, i.e. newspapers, non-fiction books or novels, and the frequency of extra-curricular reading had strong simple and interactive effects.
Variability of the scores was analysed by considering gender, type of school, preferred courses, preferred reading material, frequency of extra-curricular reading and educational level of the parents as covariates (Table 2).
But the creation of these extra-curricular reading programs also betrays some deep worries on the part of the colleges.
Where Vasari was inclined to celebrate the outstanding calibre of the work, and to promote its maker as an appropriately commanding figure of a man, 21st-century biographers feel the need to get inside the artist's head, to tap into his emotional and sensual soul - and if possible to turn up some sensational piece of extra-curricular activity to spice up our reading.
At the same time, the identification of the classroom as a community of free inquiry was no longer directed against academic traditionalism in its curricular implications such as the tradition of reading the greatest works of the humanities or the classic texts of political and social thought.
Talking Texts was a cross-curricular approach, looking at the impact of reading texts aloud in class.
This curricular mode is concerned with the development of mathematical, writing, and reading repertoires that are necessary for advanced study and habilitation.
Most K-12 teachers I know of through my teaching, research, and reading went into teaching because they like teaching, students, and the curricular subjects.
