Research evidence on reading for pleasure Education standards research team May 2012

Document Outline

• Introduction
• Key findings
  • The evidence on reading for pleasure
  • What works in promoting reading for pleasure?
• Definitions
• The evidence on reading for pleasure
  • Benefits of reading for pleasure
  • Trends in reading for pleasure
  • Changes in numbers of children reading for pleasure over time
  • Children’s perceptions of readers
  • Types of reading
  • Reasons children read
  • Gender differences in reading for pleasure
• What works in promoting reading for pleasure?
  • Strategies for improving independent reading
  • Online reading habits
  • The role of librarians in reading for pleasure
  • Library use and reading for pleasure
• References