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Direct linkBoyask, Ruth; Harrington, Celeste; Milne, John; Smith, Bradley – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2023
While debate on declines in children's literacy is ongoing in Aotearoa New Zealand, very little attention in research and policy is paid to reading enjoyment and its capacity to support the reading development of children. Developed alongside a series of studies on children's reading for pleasure this article makes a theoretically informed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Recreational Reading, Psychological Patterns
McDowall, Sue – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021
This report presents the findings of a small exploratory study carried out in 2021 by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) for the National Library of New Zealand | Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa. The project is part of a wider suite of six studies commissioned by the National Library as part of their Communities of Readers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Habits, Recreational Reading, Elementary School Teachers
McDowall, Sue – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2022
Teachers who read for pleasure can enable their students to become readers as they consciously and unconsciously model the knowledge, practices, values, beliefs, and language (that is, the discourses) associated with being a reader. Such teachers are in the unique position of being able to talk with students about what they are currently reading,…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
Download full textHarrison, Bev – Kairaranga, 2012
Boys' literacy has been, and continues to be, an area of concern for educationalists at all levels. The decline in boys' reading, which may have negative consequences for their learning, becomes more marked as they get older. This project examined possible reasons for this and implemented strategies designed to increase Year 13 boys' reading. The…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Males, Recreational Reading, Adolescents
de Burgh-Hirabe, Ryoko; Feryok, Ann – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2013
Numerous studies have reported that extensive reading (ER) has a positive influence on affect. Recent studies suggest that motivation for ER changes. This is in line with recent developments in second language (L2) motivation research that have highlighted the complex and dynamic nature of L2 motivation. This study presents a model of complex and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Reading Motivation, Japanese
Fletcher, J., Ed.; Parkhill, F., Ed.; Gillon, G., Ed. – NZCER Press, 2010
"Motivating Literacy Learners in Today's World" provides insights into a broad spectrum of children's literacy learning. Motivation is the key theme and the authors show how this can be achieved through reading for pleasure; in writing activities at a number of levels; and through oral language development. Chapters include: (1)…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction
Elley, Warwick B.; Tolley, Cyril W. – 1972
This survey of children's reading interests in New Zealand, conducted in 1969, sought to discover which books, writers, magazines, and comics children read; what determines their choices; what they look for in a book; and where they obtain their reading material. A cross section of children was surveyed at four class levels from Standard II to…
Descriptors: Books, Children, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
