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Reading for pleasure: Whose job is it to build lifelong readers in the classroom?
Citation
Garces-Bacsal, R. M., Tupas, R., Sarinajit Kaur, Paculdar, A. M., & Baja, E. S. (2018). Reading for pleasure: Whose job is it to build lifelong readers in the classroom? Literacy, 52(2), 95–102.
Author
Bacsal, Myra Garces
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Tupas, T. Ruanni F.
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Sarinajit Kaur
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Paculdar, Agnes
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Baja, Emmanuel S.
Abstract
A survey questionnaire was administered to 146 MEd students enrolled in a teacher-training institute in
Singapore to determine the strategies they use to promote engaged reading in the classroom. The majority
of the teacher respondents when asked how they motivate students to read, wrote down Not Applicable, and
38% were unable to write down strategies to promote engaged reading. However, the results further indicate
that even the non-devoted readers amongst them were able to identify sound literacy instructional strategies.
This paper argues that the desirability of lifelong reading and the need for teachers to be accountable for its
promotion should be culturally positioned within locally shaped realities and perceived from within the
unique configuration of the results-driven context of the Singaporean educational landscape.
Date Issued
2018
DOI
10.1111/lit.12151
Description
This is the final draft, after peer-review, of a manuscript published in Literacy. The published version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12151