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Loh, Chin Ee; Sun, Baoqi; Lim, Fei Victor – Learning, Media and Technology, 2023
With increased access to technologies for reading, more understanding is needed about how adolescents engage with print and digital reading across school and out-of-school contexts. In this study, mobile ethnography was used to document the everyday print and digital reading practices of adolescent girls from one all-girls' school. They responded…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Adolescents, Females, Printed Materials
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Parsons, Les – Teacher Librarian, 2004
Teacher-Librarians are rushing to the front lines to help battle the latest crisis on education. A gender gap exists in reading proficiency: boys do not read as well as girls. The challenge of enticing boys into reading has led teacher-librarians into a variety of inventive and proactive experiments. They have started "boys only" reading clubs,…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Role Models, Males, Library Services
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Egan-Robertson, Ann – Journal of Literacy Research, 1998
Theorizes about what the notions of personhood and intertextuality contribute to the conception of literacy teaching and learning. Presents an analytical framework for understanding interrelationships among personhood, literacy practices, and intertextuality. Elaborates on the theoretical ideas presented by drawing on data from a study of a female…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Females, Grade 8, Literacy