{"id":10804,"date":"2017-03-08T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/?p=10804"},"modified":"2018-09-19T22:50:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T14:50:39","slug":"teacher-diaries-ms-holly-non-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/2017\/03\/teacher-diaries-ms-holly-non-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Diaries: Ms. Holly &#8211; Non-Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some (not many) years ago, when I was still a secondary school student, a teacher of mine recommended The Undercover Economist to me. Without much prior experience with non-fiction books, I did not expect myself to enjoy reading it. I mean, economics? It sounded complicated and boring. However, after reading the first chapter, I knew I was wrong to judge a book cover (or name, in this case).<\/p>\n<p>Tim Harford explored everyday issues like pricing strategies of supermarkets and distribution of coffee bars in a witty and humourous way, making the process of reading extremely enjoyable. Most importantly, it offered a glimpse of how economy worked in a global setting from different perspectives in a critical manner. A common problem of Hong Kong secondary school students is the lack of multi-perspective thinking. Unfortunately, it is crucial for public examinations like HKDSE and IELTS. This book would not only enhance students&#8217; ability to think critically but also serve as a great foundation for studying the Globalisation module of Liberal Studies. When you can combine pleasure with acquisition of knowledge, why not give it a try?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/the-undercover-economist-hb-new-us-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10805\" src=\"http:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/the-undercover-economist-hb-new-us-1.jpg\" alt=\"the-undercover-economist-hb-new-us-1\" width=\"335\" height=\"489\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some (not many) years ago, when I was still a secondary school student, a teacher of mine recommended The Undercover Economist to me. Without much prior experience with non-fiction books, I did not expect myself to enjoy reading it. I mean, economics? It sounded complicated and boring. However, after reading the first chapter, I knew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":10805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[713],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12358,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10804\/revisions\/12358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}