Children's Reading Choices

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-17627-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Children's Reading Choices discusses the reading habits of children aged between 10 and 14. The book reports the findings of the Children's Reading Choices project - conducted by the authors from the University of Nottingham and the largest national survey of children's reading choices since the 1970s.
The book includes reports and discussion on:

* girls' and boys' reading preferences and the differences between their reading habits
* the place of series books, teenage magazines and comics in children's reading
* the most popular authors and titles at different ages
* purchasing habits and library use.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coles, Martin

Hall, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Reading at different ages 2. Favourite books Endpiece: Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton 3. Periodical reading Endpiece: Teenage magazines 4. Boy's and Girls' reading Endpiece: gender, reading development and school 5. The influence of family background 6. Children's reading habits 7. Television, computer use and reading 8. Changes in children's reading habits over time Endpiece: questions of quality and children's reading development Appendix 1 The questionnaire Appendix 2 Project procedures Appendix 3 Categories and coding Appendix 4 The interview schedule

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Coles, Christine Hall