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Anna-Karin Svensson – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2018
The current research is an in-depth study of four pre-service teachers' own experience of reading in various contexts and for different reasons. The aim is to analyse what has been significant regarding reading in a life history perspective by the use of narratives. A socio-cultural perspective on reading is used as analysis tool. The over-arching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Recreational Reading, Reading Habits
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Reichenberg, Monica; Andreassen, Rune – Reading Psychology, 2018
The present study compares how Swedish (n = 340) and Norwegian (n = 236) teachers' human capital and social capital support reading habits as an aspect of professional development. The overall aim was to describe how teachers' human and social capital support their professional development as measured by the aspect of reading habits during leisure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Faculty Development, Human Capital
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Lundgren, Berit; Botha, Liz – Education Inquiry, 2010
The implication of reading competence in developing reflection and thinking is an important issue for student teachers to consider. Reading is also a competence, in which the language at the disposal of a person is included, to use for social development and mutual understanding. This article is based on a case study and is concerned with how some…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Thinking Skills, Student Teachers, Case Studies
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Fellenius, K. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
A study of the reading competence of 25 visually impaired pupils in Sweden followed subjects from 1988 to 1991. Neither visual acuity, reading media, optical aids, nor reading distance were clearly related to reading competence. Rather, good readers were students who scored higher on verbal cognitive tests and had a greater interest in reading as…
Descriptors: Braille, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries