A University Literacy Festival: The Impact of Connecting Children's Authors with Students, Teachers, and Librarians from Title I Schools

Autor/in	Dawn Martelli, Cynthia
Titel	A University Literacy Festival: The Impact of Connecting Children's Authors with Students, Teachers, and Librarians from Title I Schools
Quelle	In: Athens Journal of Education, 9 (2022) 1, S.9-21 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2407-9898
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Authors; Literacy; School Libraries; Librarians; Disadvantaged Schools; Learner Engagement; Reading Attitudes; College School Cooperation; Preservice Teachers; Service Learning; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Librarian Attitudes; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Author; Autor; Autorin; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; School library; Schulbibliothek; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Service-Learning; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	A literacy festival is one of the most effective ways to promote reading and fosters the idea that books make a difference, especially to under-supported students. This paper is based on a research study that focused on how a university literacy festival supported engagement and increased reading attitudes and habits for students of Title I schools. It also explores a longitudinal study that analyzed a university's literacy festival and its impact on students, librarians, teachers, children's authors, teacher candidates, and librarians from Title I schools in southwest Florida. The findings of this study suggest that a university literacy festival helps connect children with books, which can help promote a lifelong love of reading and writing. A university literacy festival featuring a variety of diverse authors presenting interactive workshops showcasing their literary craft enabled students from Title I schools to engage with the authors and to see themselves as writers and encouraged them to explore a university in their own backyard. This university literacy festival made a positive impact in the area of engagement in reading and found an increase in reading from students from Title I schools that attended the event. [Note: The page range (9-22) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct page range for this article is p9-21.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Athens Institute for Education & Research. 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, Athens 10671, Greece. e-mail: education@atiner.gr; Web site: https://www.athensjournals.gr/aje
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01