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Creating a Reading Culture in Primary and Secondary Schools
A Practical Guide
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Ideal for educators, teacher librarians, school principals, and education policy makers seeking to promote and sustain reading cultures in primary and secondary schools.
This book will help teachers and librarians to develop a whole-school reading culture and advocate for the importance of student reading.
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Did your school encourage a life-long love of reading?
Children who identify as readers are three times more likely to have good mental wellbeing. A reading culture that permeates a school can transform it into a space where reading is supported, encouraged, normalised, and valued. Creating a Reading Culture in Primary and Secondary Schools will help teachers and librarians to:
- Advocate for the importance of a whole-school reading culture with recent research in this field.
- Select from a number of research-supported strategies underpinning a whole-school reading culture to tailor your school’s approach according to resourcing and priorities.
- Develop a clear trajectory for building and sustaining stakeholder engagement and resourcing, including securing external funding for related initiatives.
- Plan and manage a multi-faceted approach to enable real change within your school.
Drawing on the author’s internationally-recognised experience in this field, this book will be essential reading for anyone looking to develop reading in schools.
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This book is praised for its extensive, current research base combining international and Australian studies, making it a strategic resource for teacher librarians and school professionals aiming to nurture reading culture schoolwide. Kasey Garrison highlights its utility in sparking crucial conversations about reading's importance. Catherine Ryan considers it a timely, essential manual offering a practical, research-framed guide for teachers, librarians, and principals committed to reinvigorating reading skills in schools.
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ISBN: 9781783306381
Publisher: Facet Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 November 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 232
About the Author
Margaret Merga is Founder and Lead Consultant at Merga Consulting, working with schools, professional associations and government departments on a range of literacy-related projects. She also holds the position of Honorary Adjunct at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. Margaret is author of over 100 peer-reviewed and research-informed publications, with six non-fiction books on literacy, libraries, research methods and research communications. Her research has been cited more than 2,500 times and translated into many languages. She is an experienced educator and has taught in Australia, India, Thailand, Turkey and the US, across the age spectrum from kindergarten to adult education contexts. Her recent publications include 'School Libraries Supporting Literacy and Wellbeing' (2022) which highlights her research on the relationship between libraries, reading and wellbeing and 'Creating an Australian School Literacy Policy' (2023) which details how to design and implement a whole school literacy policy. Committed to sharing research knowledge beyond academia so that professionals can use research findings in practical ways, Margaret has won numerous awards for public engagement while her work has been featured widely in the media.
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