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Adverse criticism regarding the quantity and quality of children's books in South Africa appear in such respected sources as The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature and The Companion to South African English Literature, the authors of which are of the opinion that South African children are dependent solely upon Eurocentric literature for their reading material. In recent years however, local publishers have attempted to redress this imbalance by offering prizes for unpublished works. These prizes have acted as incentives for aspiring writers, many of whom have had novels published specifically for children in the post-developmental reading stage. This study critically examines some of these prizewinning works of fantasy and contemporary realism, in an effort to gauge their literary worth within the context of accepted criteria for judging children's literature. Accolades from adults are not however a guarantee that the prizewinning books will be received with equal acclaim by the children for whom they are written. For this reason, five children in the post-developmental reading stage were asked to pass their opinions and non-literary judgments on the books. Although the critical evaluation of the indigenous works proves them to be eminently worthy of the prizes which they received on publication, the children did not rate them as highly as certain imported works. The works of fantasy by Marguerite Poland rated poorly in terms of their popularity despite the fact that the children said that in a non-circumscribed context, they choose fantasy in preference to contemporary realism. Within the context of the indigenous literature which they read for this study though, they preferred the works of contemporary realism as they were able to identify with particular aspects of the novels. Indigenous literature for children in the post-developmental reading stage is a comparatively new phenomenon which needs to be nurtured if it is to attain any lasting status. The onus rests upon the teachers of literature and librarians to introduce the literature and make the books more accessible to young readers. Publishers need perhaps to engage the views and opinions of the audience for whom the books are written in an effort to publish books which, without in any way detracting from their literary worth, will deal with subjects favoured by young readers.

Universidade Federal do Cearà / O estudo aborda o Almanaque, gÃnero editorial de ampla circulaÃÃo durante o sÃculo XIX, com foco entre os anos de 1870 e 1908 no CearÃ. Como fonte e objeto de pesquisa, o Almanaque conecta-se à histÃria do livro e da leitura no Brasil, contribuindo para o conhecimento sobre a difusÃo do impresso, formaÃÃo de cÃrculos de leituras e redes de leitores, realizando ainda o estÃmulo à escrita por diferentes caminhos. Conjugando formato, conteÃdo e linguagem de maior acesso, esses impressos contribuÃram para formaÃÃo e ampliaÃÃo do pÃblico leitor, promovendo intercÃmbios culturais nos diversos espaÃos das provÃncias, entre pontos do Brasil, com Portugal e outros paÃses. Como espaÃo de experimentaÃÃo editorial, os Almanaques incorporaram de forma gradual as mudanÃas promovidas pelas inovaÃÃes tÃcnicas, testaram novos conteÃdos e formas de contar, mantendo-se sempre vinculados Ãs necessidades sociais e culturais de marcaÃÃo do tempo. O Almanaque à tambÃm visto prescrevendo leituras, promovendo o livro, articulando circuitos do impresso. / The study is about the Almanac, an editorial genre in wide circulation during the nineteenth century, focusing between the years 1870 and 1908 in CearÃ. As a source and object of resource, the Almanac connects to the history of books and reading in Brazil, contributing to knowledge about the distribution of printed, forming circles of readings and networks of readers, making even the stimulus for writing for different paths. Combining format, content and language of greater access, these forms have contributed to the formation and expansion of the readership, promoting cultural exchanges in different areas of the provinces, between points in Brazil, Portugal and other countries. Like editorial spaces of experimentation, the Almanacs gradually incorporated the changes promoted by technical innovations, new content and tested ways of telling, keeping always linked to social and cultural needs of timekeeping. The Almanac is also seen reading, prescribing, promoting the book, linking the printed circuits.

Orientador: Ana Lúcia Guedes-Pinto / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T15:51:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bagnasco_DanielaGasparPedrazzoli_M.pdf: 1787976 bytes, checksum: c6541f3dc3f9770bca1a16eaf6e452b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: As atividades desenvolvidas no segmento de Educação Infantil têm grande importância na construção de fundamentos de trabalho para toda a escolaridade. A vivência da prática de leitura se constitui como uma dessas atividades que possibilita a apropriação da língua pela criança pequena. Tendo isso em vista, este estudo propôs-se a investigar a prática de leitura de histórias de quatro professoras de Educação Infantil da rede pública de Campinas junto às suas turmas, analisando o papel da materialidade do livro no processo de construção de sentido de cada história para as professoras e para os pequenos leitores. Tomou-se como referência teórico-metodológica os princípios da História Cultural, dos estudos do letramento, da abordagem etnográfica e alguns pressupostos da História Oral. Os estudos de Vygotsky (2007) sobre o papel da mediação do outro, bem como as pesquisas de Bosco (2005), Kleiman (1995; 2009) e de Lajolo (2005), referentes ao campo de literatura em entrelaçamento com as práticas escolares de leitura, também trouxeram contribuições relevantes. Entendendo que o professor desempenha um papel fundamental na promoção da prática de leitura de histórias junto às crianças com quem trabalha, a referida pesquisa pontuou alguns indícios da influência da materialidade do livro: as imagens dos livros utilizadas pelas professoras para dar significado às histórias, atreladas ou não ao texto escrito; a imitação dos gestos e fazeres das professoras pelas crianças ao desenvolverem suas próprias práticas de leitura, da mesma forma, apropriam-se de forma inventiva das histórias e dos suportes, atribuindo a estes outros usos / Abstract: The activities developed in the children¿s education segment ¿ next to the public school of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil ¿ has a very important role in building up the fundaments of the entire education itself. The reading practices are part of these activities, which facilitate the appropriation of language by the child. Considering that, the present study investigates the reading practices from children stories lead by four teachers of the public education net of Campinas. We analyse the importance of the book itself in the process of building a solid meaning to the teachers and the children. We adopted, as theoretical and methodological reference, the principles of the Cultural History, the literacy studies with an ethnographic approach and some of the Oral History precepts. The studies made by Vygotsky (2007) about the mediation of the other participant, as well as the researchers of Bosco (2005), Kleiman (1995; 2009) and Lajolo (2005) focusing literature together with reading practices in the school, also came with relevant contributions. Considering that the teacher plays a vital role promoting the reading practices of children stories, the present study found some indications of the importance of the book itself as a material tool: the images of the books adopted to give significance to the stories, connected or not to the text; the students imitates the gestures and the behaviour of the teachers when developing their own reading practices, as well as they appropriate the imaginative feeling of the stories, related to these other uses / Mestrado / Ensino e Práticas Culturais / Mestra em Educação

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This study determined the instructional approaches and teaching techniques and materials reading specialists perceived to be the most effective for the seventh and eighth grade remedial reading courses mandated by Texas House Bill 246. It also determined the most effective inservice procedures for training teachers assigned to teach these courses. Fifty-four Texas reading specialists, representing school districts, service centers, and colleges and universities, participated as panelists in the Delphi, completing three rounds of questionnaires. Perceived recommendations were rated by panelists according to levels of effectiveness.

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Research suggests numerous views to account for the influence on practice of teachers’ beliefs. One view states that teachers’ lived experiences shape their beliefs about practice. Another view attributes the influence to school experiences. This research sets out to gain insight into teachers’ beliefs on the role of extensive reading in second language learning. A case study of 9 teachers from 3 schools in Grahamstown, South Africa selected purposefully and conveniently was utilised. The teachers were viewed to be knowledgeable on this matter by virtue of their profession while the 3 schools were selected to represent a private school, a former Model C and former Department of Education and Training (DET) school. Data was mainly collected by means of semi-structured interviews, which utilised in-depth open-ended questions to yield teachers’ past experiences. The findings revealed the following: all the teachers appeared to believe that extensive reading was invaluable and enhanced language skills. However, white and black teachers differed in terms of their early experiences of reading. Whereas for white teachers early experiences with literacy were encountered in the home, for black teachers the school was where they had their first exposure to literacy. In addition formal training in the form of an ACE (Advanced Certificate in Education) seemed to have influenced black teachers’ beliefs about the subject at hand, whereas the role of teacher education/ training was not as significant for white teachers.