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Teresa Cremin - Building Communities of Engaged Readers: Reading for pleasure - 9781138777484 - V9781138777484
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Building Communities of Engaged Readers: Reading for pleasure

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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 highlights the concept of ‘Reading Teachers’ who are not only knowledgeable about texts for children, but are aware of their own reading identities and prepared to share their enthusiasm and understanding of what being a reader means. Sharing the processes of reading with young readers is an innovative approach to developing new generations of readers.

Examining the interplay between the ‘will and the skill’ to read, the book distinctively details a reading for pleasure ... Read more

  • a shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st century;
  • considerable teacher and child knowledge of children’s literature and other texts;
  • pedagogic practices which acknowledge and develop diverse reader identities;
  • spontaneous ‘inside-text talk’ on the part of all members;
  • a shift in the focus of control and new social spaces that encourage choice and children’s rights as readers.

Written by experts in the literacy field and illustrated throughout with examples from the project schools, it is essential reading for all those concerned with improving young people’s enjoyment of and attainment in reading.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138777484
SKU
V9781138777484
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-8

About Teresa Cremin
Teresa Cremin is Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University, UK. Marilyn Mottram was, at the time of the project, senior school improvement adviser in an urban authority; now she is HMI and Ofsted’s Deputy National Lead for English and Literacy. Fiona M. Collins is Principal Lecturer, University of Roehampton, UK. Sacha ... Read more

Reviews for Building Communities of Engaged Readers: Reading for pleasure
"This book is essential reading for all those who have an interest in teaching reading in schools. It should be on all initial teacher education programme reading lists and should be at the centre of professional discussions on how to encourage reading for pleasure in schools. In addition to demonstrating how children can come to recognise the pleasures of reading, ... Read more

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