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Direct linkMerga, Margaret K.; Ferguson, Catherine – Australian Journal of Education, 2021
Reading for pleasure is an undervalued but highly beneficial practice conferring a range of educative and socio-emotional advantages. School librarians may play a key role in supporting reading for pleasure and associated literature advocacy; however, relatively little is known about how reading for pleasure may be valued within the job…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Role Perception, Value Judgment
Merga, Margaret K.; Mat Roni, Saiyidi – Reading Teacher, 2018
Enjoyment of reading books is related to reading proficiency, and fostering students' enjoyment of reading is imperative to support continued reading engagement. However, not all students understand that reading is important, and not all students are regularly engaged in recreational reading. Children typically read for pleasure less often as they…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Reading Instruction, Reading Attitudes
Merga, Margaret K. – English in Australia, 2020
Although teacher librarians play a role as literacy and literature educators in schools, little research attention is given to this role. In addition, the use of book discussion in school libraries to enhance reading engagement is not often closely considered as an educative practice. This paper draws on qualitative research findings from…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Learner Engagement, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Download full textLedger, Susan; Merga, Margaret K. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Whilst there exists a plethora of research about the benefits of reading aloud on children's literacy development and a range of government reports highlighting the positive investment return on early intervention strategies such as reading aloud, most literature is presented from an adult perspective. Limited research exists on children's…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Student Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Reading Attitudes
Merga, Margaret K. – English in Education, 2015
The emphasis on schools' providing reading materials for students at home is very much on the primary school years, when the skill of reading is being acquired. Little consideration has been given to the impact of curtailing school-mediated access to books beyond this point. Regular recreational reading offers a wide range of benefit, and is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, Recreational Reading, Books
Merga, Margaret K. – English in Education, 2016
The benefits of regular recreational reading for literacy development have been widely acknowledged, and as such, encouraging children to be life-long readers is an educational imperative. Teachers who are models of keen recreational reading can play an important role in fostering a keen love of reading in children, so that they regularly engage…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Recreational Reading, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
