Children's Reading Choices

List of contents

Introduction 1. Reading at different ages 2. Favourite books Endpiece: Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton 3. Periodical reading Endpiece: Teenage magazines 4. Boy's and Girls' reading Endpiece: gender, reading development and school 5. The influence of family background 6. Children's reading habits 7. Television, computer use and reading 8. Changes in children's reading habits over time Endpiece: questions of quality and children's reading development Appendix 1 The questionnaire Appendix 2 Project procedures Appendix 3 Categories and coding Appendix 4 The interview schedule

About the author

Martin Coles, Christine Hall

Summary

This book is the result of a major national survey aimed to discover the books children choose to read and why.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Coles, Christine Hall
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.1999
• EAN: 9780415183871
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18387-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 380 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Materials & Devices