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"I Don't Know if She Likes Reading": Are Teachers Perceived to Be Keen Readers, and How Is This Determined?
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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