Journal article
Building a school reading culture: Teacher librarians' perceptions of enabling and constraining factors
Australian Journal of Education, Vol.63(2), pp.173-189
2019
Abstract
A supportive school reading culture is an educative context in which there is availability, opportunity, encouragement and support for reading. Little is known about whether Australian schools actively foster reading cultures that are supportive of reading for pleasure. In their role as reading advocates, teacher librarians may be uniquely situated to provide valuable insights into the factors that enable and constrain the development of a whole school reading culture. Interview data from teacher librarians at 30 Western Australian schools were drawn upon to explore the factors and characteristics that are believed to both enhance and limit school reading cultures. Our research suggests that school leadership may play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of a school reading culture that positions reading as both valuable and pleasurable. More broadly, a school reading culture is supported by numerous additional factors that may be influenced by, but not wholly determined by leadership support.
Details
- Title
- Building a school reading culture: Teacher librarians' perceptions of enabling and constraining factors
- Authors/Creators
- M.K. Merga (Author/Creator) - Edith Cowan UniversityS. Mason (Author/Creator) - Nagasaki University
- Publication Details
- Australian Journal of Education, Vol.63(2), pp.173-189
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005541725007891
- Copyright
- © Australian Council for Educational Research 2019
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.69 Language & Linguistics
- 6.69.218 Reading Acquisition
- Web Of Science research areas
- Education & Educational Research
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general