Becoming a Reader: Significant Social Influences on Avid Book Readers

Autor/in	Merga, Margaret K.
Titel	Becoming a Reader: Significant Social Influences on Avid Book Readers
Quelle	In: School Library Research, 20 (2017), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2165-1019
Schlagwörter	Reading Habits; Social Influences; Authors; Recreational Reading; Mixed Methods Research; Foreign Countries; Individual Characteristics; Reading Instruction; Family Influence; Libraries; Parent Role; Books; Librarians; United States; United Kingdom; Switzerland; Kenya; India; Germany; Canada; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Sozialer Einfluss; Author; Autor; Autorin; Häusliche Lektüre; Ausland; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Leseunterricht; Library; Bibliothek; Parental role; Elternrolle; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; USA; Großbritannien; Schweiz; Kenia; Indien; Deutschland; Kanada; Australien
Abstract	Understanding how social influences can foster avid book reader identification is a key research goal that warrants further investigation beyond a limited early-years lens. The author's 2015 International Study of Avid Book Readers (ISABR) explored, as one of its key research questions, the influence positive social agents can have on avid book readers, relying on the retrospective reflections of respondents from a range of countries and supporting quantitative data to explore this research focus. Early influences were examined, with data suggesting that maternal instruction is the most prevalent source of early reading teaching. Most respondents (64.3 percent) were the recipients of positive influence from a social agent. Indirect avid reader influence, author influence, fostering access, shared social habit, reading for approval, recommendations and supporting choice, and exposure to reading aloud were recurring mechanisms of influence. The multiple mechanisms of influence identified constitute opportunities for engagement and subsequent intervention by literacy advocates, including librarians. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01