ERIC Number: EJ954699
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1175-9232
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I thought This Was Social Studies, Not English, Miss! Improving Students' Attitudes to Reading and Writing in Year 9 and 10 Social Studies
Parker-Corney, Kate; Kilpin, Ken; Taylor, Rowena
Kairaranga, v12 n2 p13-19 2011
Low levels of literacy engagement by Years 9 and 10 students impact on their achievement in curriculum subjects such as Social Studies in New Zealand secondary schools. The majority of students entering secondary school possess sufficient foundation skills for further scaffolded subject literacy instruction, but some consistently resist or refuse to engage with text. Faced with this, the teacher works increasingly harder to compensate for reluctant readers and writers. This is the story of one teacher's changing practice as the result of professional learning in "The Secondary Literacy Project" (Ministry of Education, 2009-11) which has resulted in a substantive change in her Social Studies classrooms, with "resistive" (Tovani, 2000, p. 14) readers now significantly more motivated and engaged in negotiating and responding to challenging texts.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Motivation, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Social Studies, Attitude Change, Reading Attitudes, Writing Attitudes, Secondary School Curriculum, Educational Practices, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Learner Engagement, Best Practices, Reading Improvement, Reading Strategies
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Education Level: Secondary Education
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