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Jennifer Farrar; Alyson Simpson – Literacy, 2024
Reading for Pleasure (RfP) acknowledges the importance of reader engagement and the role of the teacher as a reader of children's literature. The foundational work of the Teachers as Readers (TARs) programme successfully illustrated the impact of RfP activities on student learning. Previous studies of teachers' reader identities have shown a…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Teacher Role, Childrens Literature, Preservice Teacher Education
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Jess Nailer; Christine Robinson; Dee O'Connor – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
Australian children read for pleasure less and less as they move through primary school, with a noticeable decline emerging in the middle primary school years (Scholastic, 2019). It has also been found that "reading for pleasure at school" has become de-prioritised in primary schools, with greater emphasis in the broader literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Reading, Reading Attitudes, Reading Interests