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9780415183871

Children's Reading Choices

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415183871

  • ISBN10:

    0415183871

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1999-06-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The result of a major national study, this book examines the changes in the last two decades in the reading habits of English children between the ages of ten and fourteen. Both quantitative and qualitative findings are presented and evaluated.

Table of Contents

List of tables
vii
Introduction xiii
Reading at different ages
1(16)
Favourite books
17(39)
Endpiece: Roald Dahl and Enind Blyton
49(7)
Periodical reading
56(18)
Endpiece: teenage magazines
67(7)
Boys' and girls' reading
74(16)
Endpiece: gender, reading development and school
84(6)
The influence of family background
90(19)
Children's reading habits
109(13)
Television viewing, computer use and reading
122(13)
Endpiece: the media and literacy
132(3)
Changes in children's reading habits over time
135(16)
Endpiece: questions of quality and children's reading development
141(10)
Appendix 1 The questionnaire 151(11)
Appendix 2 Project procedures 162(9)
Appendix 3 Categories and coding 171(5)
Appendix 4 The interview schedule 176(4)
Index 180

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