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Document Description
Title
Children's
lived
experiences
with
reading
:
a
phenomenological
study
Author
Coles
,
Linda.
Description
Thesis
(Ph.D.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
2008.
Education
Date
2008
Pagination
viii, 224 leaves
Subject
Children--Books
and
reading--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Phenomenology;
Reading
(Elementary)--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Education
Discipline
Education
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Notes
Includes
bibliographical
references
(leaves
184-203)
Abstract
This
study
used
a
phenomenological
research
method
to
examine
the
question
,
"What
are
children's
lived
experiences
with
reading?"
This
question
was
explored
through
the
perceptions
of
eight
Grade
Three
children
attending
a
rural
school
in
Newfoundland
and
Labrador
,
where
traditional
print
reading
is
being
challenged
by
children's
increasing
engagements
with
new
forms
of
texts
and
new
literacies
that
include
, but are not
limited
to
,
visual
,
informational
,
cultural
,
media
, and
digital
texts.
The
purpose
of this
study
was to
glean
an
understanding
of
children's
lived
experiences
with
reading
,
through
their
articulations
of their
perceptions
of these
experiences
within
the
context
of the
provincial
reading
curriculum
and
policies.
Individual
interviews
,
focus
group
discussions
, and
observation
were
used
to
gain
access
to
children's
experiences
and to
delineate
themes
emerging
from their
representations
of their
reading
experiences.
A
view
of the
reading
world
of
children
that
emerged
from their
perceptions
contributes
to a
broader
understanding
of how
children
are
experiencing
reading
and
provides
insight
to
facilitate
future
developments
in
reading
policy
and
pedagogy.
The
findings
extend
our
understanding
of how
children
are
experiencing
reading
and
call
on
educators
to be
sensitive
to the
pedagogical
significance
of
engaging
children's
insights
in
matters
that
involve
them.
Despite
a
curriculum
that
advocates
for
reading
engagement
, this
study
,
through
the
lens
of
children's
perceptions
,
presents
children's
lived
reading
experiences
as
passionless
and
disengaging.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
a2700621
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
PDF File
(24.74
MB)
--
http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Coles_Linda2.pdf
CONTENTdm file name
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