Building Communities of Engaged Readers: Reading for pleasure
About this ebook
Examining the interplay between the ‘will and the skill’ to read, the book distinctively details a reading for pleasure pedagogy and demonstrates that reader engagement is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Importantly it provides compelling evidence that reciprocal reading communities in school encompass:
- a shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st century;
- considerable teacher and child knowledge of children’s literature and other texts;
- pedagogic practices which acknowledge and develop diverse reader identities;
- spontaneous ‘inside-text talk’ on the part of all members;
- a shift in the focus of control and new social spaces that encourage choice and children’s rights as readers.
Written by experts in the literacy field and illustrated throughout with examples from the project schools, it is essential reading for all those concerned with improving young people’s enjoyment of and attainment in reading.
About the author
Teresa Cremin is Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University, UK.
Marilyn Mottram was, at the time of the project, senior school improvement adviser in an urban authority; now she is HMI and Ofsted’s Deputy National Lead for English and Literacy.
Fiona M. Collins is Principal Lecturer, University of Roehampton, UK.
Sacha Powell is Reader in Early Childhood, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
Kimberly Safford is Senior Lecturer in Education, The Open University, UK.
