An Assessment of the Reading Motivation Skills of Nigerian Primary School Teachers: Implications for Language and Science Education

Autor/inn/en	Okebukola, Foluso; Owolabi, Tunde; Onafowokan, Beatrice O.A.
Titel	An Assessment of the Reading Motivation Skills of Nigerian Primary School Teachers: Implications for Language and Science Education
Quelle	In: Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 4 (2013) 1, Artikel 33 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2079-8245
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Reading Motivation; Elementary School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Reading Habits; Elementary School Students; Elementary School Science; Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Native Language; Reading Skills; Surveys; Reading Instruction; Semi Structured Interviews; Barriers; Picture Books; Reading Aloud to Others; Reading Attitudes; Story Telling; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lesemotivation; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Leseunterricht; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten
Abstract	Recent studies and frequent news reports have expressed concerns about African children's decreasing reading habits and dwindling achievement in language and primary science examinations. African children are not reading because they have reading difficulties or because they have no interest in books. This article focuses on the elementary schooling years, when the ability to read and comprehend and the love of reading are developed, using Nigeria as a case study. The article begins with a review of the literature on reading that underscores the importance of nurturing and supporting good reading habits amongst African children. Following a cursory exposition of the categories of schools in Nigeria and the place of reading and science in the National Policy on Education, the remainder of the article presents the findings of a study conducted to assess the reading motivation skills of primary school teachers and illustrates pedagogical ways of developing good reading habits amongst African children. Implications for language and science education are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01