Building Communities of Engaged Readers - Reading for Pleasure

Reading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children's engagement as self-motivated and socially interactive readers. Building Communities of Engaged Readers provides an inspiring and accessible account of a collaborative research and development project that achieved these goals.

Sommario

1. Introduction : Setting the context 2. Reading for pleasure and reader engagement: Reviewing the research 3. The UKLA Projects: Teachers as Readers and Building Communities of Readers 4. Teachers' knowledge and use of children's literature 5. Enhancing teachers' knowledge of children's literature and other texts 6. Reading Teachers: Teachers who read and readers who teach 7. A Reading for Pleasure Pedagogy 8. Reader relationships within and beyond school 9. Influencing children's attitudes, motivation and achievements as readers 10. Conclusion: Building communities of engaged readers

Riassunto

Reading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children’s engagement as self-motivated and socially interactive readers. Building Communities of Engaged Readers provides an inspiring and accessible account of a collaborative research and development project that achieved these goals.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Fiona M. Collins, Collins Fiona M., Teresa Cremin, Teresa (The Open University Cremin, Cremin Teresa, Marilyn Mottram, Mottram Marilyn, Sacha Powell, Powell Sacha, Kimberly Safford, Safford Kimberly
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.06.2014
• EAN: 9781138777477
• ISBN: 978-1-138-77747-7
• Pagine: 178
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; EDUCATION / General, Literacy, Literature: history & criticism, Teaching of a specific subject, Language teaching theory and methods, Literature: history and criticism, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, Applied linguistics for ELT