Creating a Reading Culture
One Education Ltd
Empowering school leadership teams to enhance the quality of education for young people.
Research shows that reading for pleasure improves empathy and social relationships, contributes to wellbeing and reduces the symptoms of depression and dementia. It’s not surprising that so many schools strive to become ‘Reading Schools’.
Research by the Open University’s Research Rich Pedagogies group (2019) suggests that to encourage reading for pleasure, schools need to embed four practices:
- Reading aloud
- Informal book conversation and recommendations
- Independent reading
- A social reading environment
However, implementation takes time, needing careful planning to stimulate pupils’ excitement in and love of reading.
Teresa Cremin (2011) says that teachers need to obtain a ‘reading identity’ to lead children on their own reading journey and must ask themselves: What does reading mean to me?
Read more about these four practices in our blog
On Tuesday 28th April 2020, One Education will be hosting a FREE webinar on how to use the shifting attitudes towards reading to create the foundations of a passionate reading culture. Please email [email protected] for joining instructions.
As a teacher I truly understand the importance of reading and how it can benefit us as individuals. I’m doing home learning videos at the moment with children and I have read some books on YouTube to share. Mr Singh’s home learning