A basic premise of the investigation is that the acquisition and exercise of advanced reading skills are essential for effective adolescent learning. For the benefits of reading to accrue maximally, learners should continue to read avidly during leisure and long after basic reading instruction, traditionally the domain of the primary school, has ceased. The purpose of this study is to investigate factors that influence the voluntary reading of some South African adolescents, specifically at an age when they undergo emotional, intellectual, social and physical changes which influence their behaviour, habits and choices. The research problem focuses on the transition from primary to secondary school, since extant literature shows that numerous factors influence adolescents’ reading habits during this phase, sometimes resulting in declining voluntary reading. Parameters for the investigation are set by the theoretical framework, centring on four domains that highlight the research problem, namely adolescence, literature, literacy and voluntary reading. Facets of these domains are explored, specifically motivation, qualitative change and the influence of home, school and community. Vygotsky’s theories on adolescent development underscore the research, as well as research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation since, axiomatically, reading strategies develop optimally with high motivation. Stage-environmental fit theories - applied to motivation, self-efficacy or reading development - assert that learners have different sets of psychological, cognitive and psychosocial needs at different developmental levels, and unless these needs are met, academic achievement, appreciation for learning and effective reading development can decline. The often critical transition from primary to secondary school can result in a variety of lifestyle changes, and periodicity theories support the pattern and scaffolding of these transformational factors. Merging the relevant domains with developmental theories creates a matrix of Piagetian cognitive stratification. Chall’s model of developmental reading stages crafts an epistemological foundation and further refines constructivist principles developed by Vygotsky. Together they form a network explaining factors of transitional change that influence adolescents’ voluntary reading activities. The study’s methodology is delineated and followed by a description of the qualitative research design, data collection, data analysis strategies and ethical considerations. The course of the inquiry is refined in a closer focus on three domains and an explanation of the research instruments. The strengths and limitations of the study are discussed, as well as issues of reliability, validity, authenticity and generalisability. The empirical results are extrapolated from face-to-face interviews with ten respondents and their views generate the findings after a four-tiered analysis of the interview transcripts. Themes and conclusions are couched in three domains of the theoretical framework in an endeavour to address the research problem. The final chapter offers a synthesis by interweaving the theoretical outline and empirical findings. A hypothesis opening future avenues for investigation is identified, namely the factor of the internalisation of speech on reading in general and voluntary reading in particular. Two significant findings indicate that developmental stage theories effectively describe the transitional nature of the reading experiences of Grade Eight learners, and that intrinsic motivation, mastery learning and self-efficacy views play central roles in the continuation of voluntary reading. / Thesis (PhD (Learning Support, Guidance and Counselling))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

閱讀是一切的根本，而圖書館是推廣閱讀和提供全民終身學習的場所。本研究為探討苗栗縣公共圖書館閱讀推廣成效評鑑與讀者滿意度，以提供本縣及其他縣（市）級圖書館作為提升服務品質的參考。本研究採取訪談法、文獻分析法及問卷調查法進行，採便利抽樣方式以苗栗縣18鄉鎮市立公共圖書館使用讀者為調查對象，發出樣本數共1,050份問卷，回收問卷969份，扣除樣本資料不完整者，有效樣本910份，有效問卷回收率為86.66%。 本研究利用SPSS統計軟體進行問卷統計，並以敘述性統計、獨立樣本t檢定、單因子變異數分析、信度分析等方法進行統計分析，研究分析結果如下： 一、基本資料：使用圖書館民眾以女性較多，職業以學生讀者為主，參加閱讀推廣活動最主要的訊息來源為海報文宣DM、網站、親友通知。最常參加的圖書館閱讀推廣活動為繪本共讀、說故事活動。 二.調查結果：對於本縣公共圖書館閱讀推廣成效與讀者滿意度調查顯示獲得讀者支持與肯定，整體表現滿意度高。民眾滿意度最高之前六項為：「嬰幼兒」館藏（4.66）、「兒童」館藏（4.62）、「借書次數」比以前增加（4.60）、推廣活動「訊息的提供管道」（4.59）、「Bookstart閱讀起步走-嬰幼兒」閱讀推廣活動（4.58）及「兒童」閱讀推廣活動（4.58）。而民眾最不滿意的之前六項為：「本土語言」館藏（3.13）、「多元文化」館藏（3.15）、「多元文化」閱讀推廣活動（3.20）、「本土語言」閱讀推廣活動（3.32）、「銀髮樂齡」館藏（3.70）及「銀髮樂齡」閱讀推廣活動（3.84）。 最後提出本研究結論，作為公共圖書館經營與運作之參考，並對未來相關後續研究提出建議。 / Reading is the foundation of everything, and the library is the place to promote reading and provide lifelong learning for all. This study aims to survey the overall satisfaction of Miaoli County Public Library patrons and examine the effectiveness of the library’s reading programs. The methods covered by this research study include a personal interview, literature analysis, and an expansive survey on Miaoli County Public Library patrons from the main library and its 18 branches. Of the 1050 questionnaires that were distributed as part of the survey, 969 questionnaires were completed. The questionnaires with incomplete answers were excluded, and the remaining 910 surveys were used in this analysis, resulting in a response rate of 86.66%. In this study, the researcher uses descriptive analysis, independent T-test, one-way ANOVA, and reliability test to analyze the data. The results are as follows: Most of the patrons of Miaoli County Public Library are female and students. The patrons primarily acquire information about reading activities through library posters, the online website, or by word of mouth from their family members. The most popular library reading promotion activities are the picture book reading and story-telling activities. The results also show that most patrons are satisfied with the library’s service and promote reading activities. They are most satisfied with the library’s infants and young children collections (4.66), children collections (4.62), frequency of borrowing books (4.59), bookstand activities (4.58) and reading activities for children (4.58). Otherwise, they are most unsatisfied with the library’s native language collection (3.13), Multiculturalism collection (3.15),reading activities on Multiculturalism (3.20), reading activities of native language (3.32), collections for elders (3.70) and reading activities for the elders (3.84). The results of this study are presented as reference for improving public library operations and can serve as insight for future research.

O objetivo desta pesquisa é investigar a aplicação de sequência de leitura, de maneira a identificar possíveis avanços no processo de formação leitora do aluno de Ensino Médio, considerando o uso autônomo e eficaz de estratégias de leitura. O planejamento das atividades da sequência, que constituem a empiria da investigação, tem como base os pressupostos metodológicos de Cosson (2014), no que concerne à elaboração de sequência expandida, e a metodologia norte-americana de ensino de estratégias de leitura, proposta por Harvey e Goudvis (2007). Além disso, permeiam o estudo as concepções de literatura, enquanto um “direito de todo cidadão”, promulgada por Candido (1972, 1995), de experiência, como elemento presente na atividade de leitura, conferida por Larrosa (2002), e as concepções de mediação e interação, como fundamentais para o desenvolvimento cognitivo e para a aprendizagem, sustentadas por Vigotski (1996, 2009). Trata-se de pesquisa-ação, realizada em 2015, com alunos de uma turma de 1º ano de curso técnico integrado ao Ensino Médio, de instituição pública, em Farroupilha-RS. Os resultados da pesquisa, construídos a partir de questionários e tarefas escritas realizadas durante a aplicação da proposta de ensino criada pela pesquisadora, apontam para avanços no desenvolvimento das habilidades de leitura dos alunos investigados, indicando correlações entre as características de leitores autônomos e as estratégias por eles utilizadas. A análise dos resultados evidencia a maneira como os pesquisados, a partir da mediação do professor e da interação com o outro, vivenciaram o texto e se apropriaram das estratégias de leitura. Percebe-se que os sujeitos conceberam o texto literário como um instrumento que oportuniza possibilidades de conhecimento humano e alternativas para a libertação pessoal, contribuindo para o desenvolvimento de sua competência leitora. / The aim of this research is to investigate the application of reading sequence in order to identify possible improvements in the reading formation process of High School students, considering the independent and effective use of reading strategies. The activities of the sequence, which constitute the empirical research, were planned under the methodological assumptions of Cosson (2014), regarding the elaboration of expanded sequence, and the American methodology of teaching reading strategies, proposed by Harvey e Goudvis (2007). In addition, the theoretical foundation of this study is constituted by the concepts of literature, as "human beings’ right", promulgated by Candido (1972, 1995), experience, as an element presented in reading activity, conferred by Larrosa (2002), and the concepts of mediation and interaction as fundamental to cognitive development and to the learning process, supported by Vigotski (1996, 2009). This study is an action research, conducted in 2015, with students of a first year class of a technical course integrated to High School, of a public institution, in Farroupilha-RS. The study results, constructed from questionnaires and written tasks performed during the implementation of the teaching proposal created by the researcher, indicate to advances in the development of reading skills of the investigated students, indicating correlations between the characteristics of independent readers and the strategies they use. The analysis evidences how the students, from the teacher’s mediation and the interaction with others, experienced the text and appropriated the reading strategies. It is noticed that the individuals investigated conceived the literary text as a tool that provides an opportunity of human knowledge and alternatives for personal liberation, contributing to the development of their reading competence.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:24:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_joana_darc.pdf: 2627665 bytes, checksum: 4f1b720901cbbb6625e1e456d94bc9df (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-14 / Each day is demanded that the readers are proficient and present language domain abilities to make possible the full social participation and the school has the attribution of forming readers. Considering the difficulties presented by that Brazilian students had in reading and understanding in all education levels, the interest of this research appeared. In that sense, this dissertation aims to analyze what form has been worked the reading at school, for the teachers in the first and the second cycles final years of learning under the proficient readers' perspective formation. Then the theoretical language sciences contribution was used, the psycholinguistic and more specifically of the textual linguistics, that it proposes the investigation of the constitution, of the operation, of the production and of the understanding of the texts in use. It was characterized as a qualitative research, based on documental analysis, observation of the classes of six subject with registrations in the field diary and interview narrative. The analysis of the data indicated there to be different theoretical-methodological perspectives regarding the reading work and readers' formation. In one of them work him/it of readers' formation privileges the reading as decoding. In the other perspective, the reading is observed as a process of construction of senses, favoring the proficient reader's formation Those data appear for the need of a larger investment in the public net, with focus in the teachers' preparation to form critical readers. They also appear for the socialization in net of the significant experiences in the sense of the accomplishment of a work of proficient readers formation. / A cada dia exige-se que os leitores sejam proficientes e que apresentem habilidades de domínio da linguagem que possibilitem a plena participação social, cabendo à escola a atribuição de formar esses leitores. Considerando as dificuldades apresentadas pelos estudantes brasileiros, em todos os níveis de escolaridade, em realizar a leitura tendo em vista a compreensão, surgiu o interesse desta pesquisa. Nesse sentido, esta dissertação tem por objetivo analisar de que forma tem sido trabalhada a leitura na escola, pelos professores dos anos finais do primeiro e segundo ciclos de aprendizagem sob a perspectiva da formação de leitores proficientes. Para tanto, utilizou-se o aporte teórico das ciências da linguagem, da psicolinguística e mais especificamente da linguística textual, que propõe a investigação da constituição, do funcionamento, da produção e da compreensão dos textos em uso. Caracterizou-se como uma pesquisa qualitativa, baseada em análise documental, observação das aulas de seis sujeitos com registros no diário de campo e entrevista narrativa. A análise dos dados indicou haver diferentes perspectivas teórico-metodológicas a respeito do trabalho de leitura e formação de leitores. Em uma delas o trabalho de formação de leitores privilegia a leitura como decodificação. Na outra perspectiva, observa-se a leitura como processo de construção de sentidos, favorecendo a formação do leitor proficiente. Esses dados apontam para a necessidade de um investimento maior na rede pública, com foco na preparação dos professores para formar leitores críticos. Apontam também para a socialização em rede das experiências significativas no sentido da realização de um trabalho de formação de leitores proficientes

In den Sommerferien 2010 wurde der Buchsommer Sachsen ins Leben gerufen. In den USA gibt es bereits erfolgreiche „Summer Reading clubs“und auch in Deutschland gibt es in anderen Bundesländern bereits gute Erfahrungen. Durch eine einmalige Förderung aus dem Erlös eines Benefizkonzertes des Bundespräsidenten und Mittel des Deutschen Bibliotheksverbands e.V. konnte das Projekt „Beim Lesen tau ich auf“ in den Bibliotheken Leipzig, Chemnitz, Pirna, Döbeln, Schkeuditz, Torgau und Lößnitz erfolgreich erprobt werden.

The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to explore how libraries’ storytime for babies and toddlers can be construedas a reading promotion event which boosts early literacy, by ways of a multiple-case study of storytime at four public libraries in western Ireland. The study will also explore how the different libraries design these events and include different elements of traditional reading and storytelling, multimodal reading and technology, participation, and accessibility and inclusion through a sociocultural lens. The theoretical framework is constructed on the concepts and theory related to literacy development and reading promotion, and works as an analytical tool through which the empirical data collection will be examined. Data was collected through observations of storytimes at four public libraries in Ireland, as well as interviews with the involved librarians. The results show that although the librarians do not actively work to implement national and EU storytime templates, they offer programmes which are in tune with their participants’ needs, and invoke engagement and excitement about reading among children and parents or guardians alike.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore how politic in the field of children´s and young people´s reading has been formulated and motivated during different periods. The analysis comprises political discussions from three periods: the 1910s discussion about how to promote good and inexpensive reading for pleasure, the 1950s political debate about light entertaining literature and comic books, and the political discussion about decreasing reading ability and reading promotion that followed the impaired Swedish results from PISA 2012. The overall issue for the thesis is how the view of children’s reading and children as readers that is expressed in the political discussions differs from each other, as well as how those differences could be explained in relation to the social and cultural policy context. The method is comparative history analysis. The resource material consists of documents from the Swedish Parliament and government official reports. A theoretical point of departure is the childhood studies research and the concept of children as beings or becomings. The analysis also uses theories about literary value and ideas about the function of reading. One of the findings is that children’s reading during all three periods is of great importance, for the children themselves as well as for the future of society. There are also differences. Over time, the discussion has moved from the question of a material lack of good books to a worry about inability and lack of interest in reading. While the 1910s and the 1950s discussions are about “good” and “bad” or “harmful” literature, the 2010s discussion pay more attention to reading as an activity and view reading in all its aspects as truly positive. It is also possible to see a shift in the debate from a collectivistic focus on public education and the citizen’s cultural progress, to a more individualistic approach that emphasizes participation and different ways to acquire literature. This is a two years master’s thesis in Library and Information Science.

The purpose of this study is to examine what happened to library storytime sessions during the COVID-19-pandemic. Qualitative interviews were conducted with children's librarians from Sweden and Germany. In total eleven librarians working with children were interviewed. Five librarians from five libraries in Sweden and six librarians from five libraries in Germany took part. A model of three approaches to reading was used to analyze the empirical data collected from the interviews. Several aspects of what the librarians view as important in the storytime session were identified; the theoretic model used was not sufficient to reflect all aspects. Hence a fourth approach was created, putting emphasis on relationships within the reading situation and also the reading experience itself. The way the librarians describe how they adapted their storytime sessions during the COVID-19-pandemic shows that not all aspects could be transferred to the substitutes for storytime used, such as online storytime and outdoor storytime. Especially difficult to sustain was the aspect of building a relationship within the reading situation when resorting to online storytime. In Germany, a less favourable digital infrastructure further hindered transfer. There was also a pattern of viewing children as ”becomings” more often in Germany than in Sweden. The German librarians emphasize the role libraries can play in reducing socio-economic disadvantages for children in need of it and also link storytime ”fun” to possible positive consequences such as intellectual freedom. The Swedish librarians tend to view the reading experience during storytime as important in itself, which essentially is a children as ”beings”-perspective. In both countries, the librarians had to try new ways to reach young children during the pandemic. The study however suggests that in-person meetings is an intrinsic part of both Swedish and German children's librarianship. This is a two years master’s thesis in Library and Information Science.

This thesis inquiries into the public libraries and librarians attitude towards and use of alternative methods in their reading promotion work for children aged 10–18. The statistics show that children's reading comprehension has decreased in surveys of PIRLS. Furthermore, highlights that children find it boring to read and experience reading as an obligation. The purpose of this study is to gain insight into if librarians at public libraries use alternative methods to inspire reading for children.    The study uses the theories Literacy Studies and the Sociocultural Perspective together with qualitative interviews as a method for obtaining empirical data for analysis. The findings that emerge from the informants' account of their reading promotion work are that they work with multimodal tools such as computer games, theater, puzzles, music, storyyoga and more. These tools are used as aids to both attract children to cross the threshold of the library and to take the story to another level. The digitization of their activities has enabled children to participate in public library activities on their own terms. It turns out that the story is more important to the children than reading the printed book. The public libraries also collaborate with other associations to reach out to children where they are located and work together to motivate the children to read. The movement activities for children aged 10–18 that are available and offered are, for example, yoga and interactive walking theaters. The children can be involved and their perspectives are taken advantage of in the development of the library activities that are aimed at the children.   The conclusion shows that librarians at public libraries use multimodal tools as alternative methods to stimulate children aged 10–18 to become readers and that children appreciate the public library.

Skillnader i uppdrag och mål kan orsaka spänningar i samarbetet mellan folkbibliotek och skola. I skolor som dessutom saknar eget skolbibliotek kan den problematiken öka ytterligare då skolan är i behov av skolbibliotekstjänster vilka inte ingår i folkbibliotekets uppdrag. Samtidigt kan ett samarbete med skolorna bidra med många fördelar för folkbibliotekets läsfrämjande arbete. Den här studien ämnar undersöka hur folkbibliotekarier förhåller sig till sitt läsfrämjande uppdrag gentemot barn och unga i samarbete med skolor med bristande skolbiblioteksverksamhet. För undersökningen genomfördes en kvalitativ intervjustudie med ett urval av fyra folkbibliotekarier. Resultatet har analyserats utifrån Hultbergs teori om läsfrämjande strategier. Sammanfattningsvis visar resultatet av undersökningen att folkbibliotekarierna främst förhåller sig till samarbeten med skolor med bristande skolbiblioteksverksamhet utifrån ett eget intresse för det egna läsfrämjande uppdraget. Studien kommer också fram till att de spänningar som folkbibliotekarierna upplever i samarbetet med skolorna beror på bristen av valfrihet, frågan om att kompensera för den bristande skolbiblioteksverksamheten samt missförstånd om vad folkbiblioteket kan erbjuda skolorna. / Differences in missions between public libraries and schools can cause tension while cooperating. For public libraries to cooperate with schools with deficient school libraries can be even more problematic, when the school is in need of school library services that is not a part of the public library mission. Meanwhile, a cooperation between public libraries and school can have several advantages for the public libraries in their mission of reading promotion. This study aims to examine how public librarians relate to their work with reading promotion towards children and young adults in collaborations with schools that have deficient school libraries. Qualitative interviews were carried out with a selection of four public librarians. The results were analysed in comparison to Hultbergs theory of strategies for reading promotion. In conclusion, the results of the study show that mainly relate to the cooperation with schools with deficient school libraries in terms of a self-interest for their reading promoting mission. The study also shows that the tension in cooperating with schools with deficient school libraries, as lived by the public librarians, is caused by a lack of freedom of choice, the question of compensating for the deficient school libraries and a misunderstanding of the public library mission.