The Reading Retreat

ASME Scientific Meeting, 1979

“…A careful selection of papers relevant to the selected topic was circulated to those signifying intention to attend a fortnight in advance of each meeting, which started with a short introduction by the visiting specialist (who also selected the papers) and was followed by an extended general discussion of the subject, based on the papers, with members in the audience. This adaptation of an experimental course described by Plitman (1974) as ‘A reading retreat’ incorporates the five educational principles pre‐enumerated.…”