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Thorhallsdottir, Gudridur. "Läsombudsrollen : En studie av fem pedagogers upplevelse av rollen som läsombud i förskolan." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-28960.
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Bakgrunden till denna studie är att förskoleverksamheten i Sverige har genomgått förändringar sedan läroplanens införande 1998. Tyngdpunkten ligger på barns lärande i högre grad än tidigare. Den utvecklingen ställer även andra krav på pedagogerna, som behöver fortbildning för att kunna följa målen. I Stockholms stad har läsombud utsetts på många förskolor, med uppdraget att utveckla arbetet med högläsning på sin förskola. Syftet med studien är att få kunskap om hur pedagogerna upplever uppdraget som läsombud och hur det fungerar i förhållande till arbetet på förskolan och arbetslagen. Metoden bestod av intervjuer med fem läsombud. Resultatet visar att dessa pedagoger tog uppdraget på grund av ett intresse för litteratur och högläsning i förskolan. Alla hade en positiv syn på uppdraget. Flera av pedagogerna hade fått fördjupade kunskaper och ökad medvetenhet om betydelsen av högläsning för barns språkutveckling och hur arbetet med det kan utföras. Samarbetet kring högläsning förskolan hade gått bra på den egna avdelningen, men inte på övriga avdelningar. Analysen gjordes med Erving Goffmans teori om roller som grund. Han menade att individen alltid spelar en roll i samspelet med andra människor. Genom olika uttryck påverkar individen de andra i syfte att styra hur de definierar situationen. Mina analys är att pedagogerna fick en större tro på sina egna uttryck genom uppdraget som läsombud och kunde därför påverka sitt team, det vill säga sitt arbetslag. Däremot var det svårare att påverka de andra teamen, eftersom varje team hålls samman genom det intima samarbetet. I ett större perspektiv är det tydligt att det ställs högre krav på förskolepedagoger än tidigare samtidigt som arbetsbelastningen har ökat.
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Jakubowski, Andrea M. "Using Visual Aids in the Secondary Language Classroom: An Action Research Study on the Use of Illustrations during TPRS Instruction." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1384452424.
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Cordi, Kevin Dean. "Using Stories and Drama to Improve My Teaching: A Professional Storyteller “Bends Back” to Look Forward." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253364538.
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Mądro, Sylwia. "Obraz Turcji w powieściach Orhana Pamuka." Thesis, 2010. http://eprints.rclis.org/24265/1/praca.pdf.
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Manco-Vega, Alejandra. "Promoción de la lectura en zonas urbanas de Lima: El caso del servicio Casero del Libro de la Biblioteca Municipal de Miraflores." Thesis, 2014. http://eprints.rclis.org/24620/1/Promoci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20lectura%20en%20zonas%20urbanas%20de%20Lima%20El%20caso%20del%20servicio%20Casero%20del%20Libro%20de%20la%20Biblioteca%20Municipal%20de%20Miraflores.pdf.
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This research aims to provide certain lines of work for reading promotion in public libraries. It seeks to document and analyze a successful experience of reading promotion in order to identify best practices that can be replicated in other contexts. This study case focuses on the reading promotion service called "Casero del Libro" (market seller of books), driven by the Municipal Library of Miraflores in Lima. Variables related to reading practices and the service provided and their impact on the target audience, market sellers, are analyzed. It seeks to distinguish the characteristics of a reading promotion service of a public library so that it is more accessible to its public; it seeks to synthesize the best practices of this particular service.
The overall objective of the research is to understand the main characteristics of a successful experience of reading promotion developed in a public library in Lima; while specific objectives are to identify the most relevant strategies of reading promotion employed in this experience and to identify the changes in reading habits of the users of this service.
The research begins with the following research questions: What are the objectives of a reading promotion service in non-traditional places offered by a public library? What are the main features that should have a reading promotion service to be successful in Lima, Peru? What strategies were used in the creation of the reading promotion service? What strategies could be replicated to promote reading? Why users participate in the service? What do users think about the reading promotion service? Have they changed their reading habits during the years of service? What do users think about books and reading?
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• The public library approaches its potential users through reading promotion services in non-traditional places, while doing so it accomplishes two goals: to instill reading habits in adults and to attract adults and their families to the library.
• The most important strategies to promote reading in adults are focused on a personalized service and the use of oral language as motivators for reading.
• Users participate in this service because reading is useful for them, on a personal and family level, as in the workplace.
In summary, all proposed hypotheses are true, except that in this study case, the library fails to attract new users for its institution, meaning the users of the service "Casero del Libro" only use the service, but do not go to the library after that.
The research is qualitative; interviews with users and librarians (managers and service librarians) were performed. Qualitative methodology was chosen because with this work seeks to understand the perceptions of the different actors of the service and this methodology allows to collect the wealth of imagination, opinions and points of view of people. Interviews were conducted with 19 market sellers and 5 librarians during 2008 and 2013 in Lima. The main limitation of this study is that since a qualitative methodology was used, this case study includes only the experience among actors of this service.
The first chapter presents a theoretical review of the concepts of reading, reading habits, reading promotion and public library; Peruvian statistics on the subject are also provided. The second chapter presents the international background of the reading promotion service "Casero del Libro", a brief history and context of the Municipal Library of Miraflores and the "Casero del Libro" service developed in Santa Cruz (Miraflores). The third chapter presents the research approach and methodology, while the fourth chapter shows the research results. The fifth chapter of the work closes with conclusions and recommendations provided from the case study.
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Mądro, Sylwia. "Wizerunek bibliotekarza w literaturze i filmie XX i XXI wieku." Thesis, 2012. http://eprints.rclis.org/24264/1/PRACA%20MGR%20-%20CA%C5%81O%C5%9A%C4%86.pdf.
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Koltzenburg, Claudia. "Nicht-propositionales Wissen aus Literaturlektüre und Bedingungen seiner Darstellbarkeit in Wikipedia-Einträgen zu literarischen Werken." Thesis, 2015. http://eprints.rclis.org/25717/1/Koltzenburg_2015_Nicht-propositionales-Wissen_Literarische-Werke_Wikipedia_arxiv.1509.04206v1.pdf.
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Given that Wikipedia entries are likely to extert a strong influence on how literary texts are perceived - due to their preferential ranking in Google - there is some demand that research dealing with the transfer of knowledge on literature to the public be more concerned with looking into both the content that is available for free on the Web and any aspect that may come with writing about literature for free. This contribution argues from within Wikipedia's multidisciplinary consensus-driven space in which propositional knowledge is given priority that it would be essential for entries on fiction to present non-propositional knowledge as being one of its hallmarks. For this aim, a special concept is developed that is designed to function as the study's formal object: "Erlesnis" (which in German is a pun that combines "Erlebnis" - adventure experience - and "lesen" - reading). It is defined as non-propositional knowledge that has been acquired in an individual reading process. Writing about one's own Erlesnis in new ways is being tried out in four essays, and on de.wikipedia.org an experiment is conducted to find out what community members think about the idea of including, in entries on fiction, sections specifically designed to report about what people felt like when reading a certain text. Finally, a draft typology of Erlesnis-writing is suggested. This contribution is the first of its kind internationally to deal with Wikipedia from the point of view of transfer of knowledge on literature to the public. For the theory of this field of research some new aspects are offered for debate.
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Espen, Stranger-Johannessen. "Student Learning through a Rural Community Library: A case study from Uganda." Thesis, 2009. http://eprints.rclis.org/13127/1/Espen%27s_thesis_finished_1.pdf.
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The purpose of this study is to explore and investigate the phenomenon of rural community libraries (RCLs) in Sub-Saharan Africa through an in-depth study of one such library located in Uganda. Specifically, it sets out to investigate the role of the RCL in relation to student learning. This is done by a thorough account of what the library offers, who the users are and what they do at the library. To approach the question of student learning through the library, the study includes two models on libraries‘ influence on student learning developed for a Western context.
The methodology covers both quantitative and qualitative methods to produce rich and varied data, but the main emphasis is on the latter. In addition to traditional data collection techniques, the study includes a kind of improvised action research that contributed to the range of data collected.
The library in question is above average in terms of materials and use, and its existence seems to increase the amount of reading, particularly the number of storybooks read by pupils. The secondary students, who are the focus of this study, mainly read their own notes, schoolbooks (pamphlets, textbooks and past papers) and to some extent fiction. This group does read more due to the library, it seems, especially schoolbooks, but the library‘s contribution to their learning beyond mere reading, such as study skills, use of reference works and co-operation, is somewhat limited. There are five conditions that work against the library having a full potential impact on student learning: the curriculum, the exams and the traditional way of teaching; lack of reading culture; lack of library tradition; limited resources; and the problems related to the language of instruction. Despite these limitations, by bringing books to a print-poor environment the library does make a difference.
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Escobar-Vallarta, Claudia. "El libro y el pueblo: Índice de artículos sobre bibliotecología y bibliografía,(1922-1926, 1928-1935)." Thesis, 2007. http://eprints.rclis.org/13334/1/lyp.pdf.
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The new ideas emerge during the early 20th century modified Mexican history, this changes were reflected on the economic, political, social and cultural aspects. Library science as well as bibliography goes through different changes too. Public education lead by Jose Vasconcelos, a great visionary who recognized the national necessity of popular libraries and much more of well train librarians.
“El libro y el pueblo” was a magazine published from 1922 to 1970, the articles appeared during the period of 1922-1926, and from 1928-1935, seems very attach on themes related with the development of Mexican library science; these articles prove that this magazine is an important piece on the construction of the history of library science in Mexico.
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Håklev, Stian. "Mencerdaskan Bangsa : an inquiry into the phenomenon of Taman Bacaan in Indonesia." Thesis, 2008. http://eprints.rclis.org/12294/1/Mencerdaskan_Bangsa_-_Stian_Haklev.pdf.
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The thesis is originally written in English, and a full translated version in Indonesian is also available.
Since 2001, a movement of individuals, neighbourhood and community organizations and NGOs starting and running their own libraries has emerged in Indonesia. Called Taman Bacaans (TBs) - reading gardens - these simple libraries, often hosted in somebody’s house, or in a community building, provide easy and informal access to books, as well as frequent literacy programming. This thesis traces the historical heritage of these TBs back to the early renting libraries of peranakan Chinese in the 19th century, through Balai Pustaka and the public library movement under Sukarno. The modern TB emerges in the 1980s, the government attempts a wide-scale implementation of TBs in the 1990s, and a community movement finally emerges in 2001.
Using interviews with informants and newspaper articles, blogs, mailing lists, and NGO and government reports, I describe the process of how the TB movement emerges in Bandung and Yogyakarta. I also identify a number of factors that enabled and supported the movement: inspiring individual role-models, “best-case” libraries, networks and the roles of Islam and nationalism. Finally I provide an overview of the situation today, combining government statistics with the results of a survey conducted in Jakarta, and show that there are three kinds of TBs: those set-up by national, regional or local government (TBMs), those funded by large-scale donors, and independent TBs grounded in the local communities. I conclude with a number of recommendations for government and donors.
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Martinez-Cabrera, Teresa. "Leer entre libros Uso del espacio y prácticas de lectura compartida en la Biblioteca Vasconcelos." Thesis, 2017. http://eprints.rclis.org/33154/1/Tesis_TeresaMartinezCabrera_Leer%20entre%20libros.pdf.
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In this thesis I examine the relationship with literacy constructed by the users of public libraries, such as, in this case, the José Vasconcelos Library in México city. As a central dimension of the ethnographic study, I analyze reading in groups as a social practice. I show how the José Vasconcelos Library as a public space is signified through various uses beyond the traditional practices to which many Library spaces are subjected. I describe some examples of the appropriation of public spaces and show how diverse practices are produced that involves literacy and written culture. I then analyze the relationships that are woven between different manners of reading and the activities and practices undertaken by several groups or collectives of readers who use the library as a meeting point to study, to read or to perform different activities in places that are available to the public. To approach this problem, I take into account a sociocultural concept of reading, which emerged from the New Literacy Studies. I considered “reading” not only as a cognitive competence, but also as a social tool.
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Wang, Hasiowen, and 王曉雯. "The Story-telling Activities Of Story-telling Volunteers And The Effects Of Reading Behaviors Of The Fourth Graders." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79765495946896500518.
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碩士國立臺中教育大學
區域與社會發展學系碩士班
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The main purposes of this study were: (1) to understand the characteristics and experiences of story-telling volunteers in the story-telling activities, (2) to understand the feelings and reactions of students when participating story-telling activities by story volunteers, and (3) to investigate the effect of reading behaviors of the fourth graders in the story-telling activities by story volunteers. This research adopted two qualitative research methods, (which are) the observation of participation and semi-structured interview. The research subjects were two story-telling volunteers and fifty-two fourth graders in Changhua County, Taiwan. The data was collected from the analysis of the observation records, the interview records and the students’ feedback from the story-telling activities by observing two story-telling volunteers and fifty-two fourth graders and interviewing two story-telling volunteers, six fourth graders, two home room teachers, and two parents. The results of this study showed: Ⅰ. Although story-telling volunteers were using different story-telling skills in the story-telling activities, all of them could raise students’ interest in reading and find the strength to continue telling stories for students in the process. Ⅱ. Elementary school students were willing to participate in the story- telling activities and therefore they like to read more. Ⅲ. The story-telling activities led by story-telling volunteers could cause the intrinsic reading motivation of the students and impact on part of reading behaviors for students. Based on the results and conclusion from this study, the suggestions concerning many aspects like story-telling volunteers, schools, and future study are put forward. Keywords: Story-telling Volunteers, Story-telling Activities, Reading Behaviors
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Xiu-Juan, Lin, and 林秀娟. "The application of reading teaching on story telling and acting." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3tjbdh.
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碩士國立臺東大學
進修部語文教育碩學位在職專(暑)
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The course of story telling and story acting is not generally accepted by most of teachers due to its time-consuming in Taiwan.Story telling and story acting enable teachers to have more imaginations and creativity during reading teaching class. The research paper is trying to combine with the fields of teaching, arts, humanities, and comprehensive course; and attempting to integrate and construct with a mode of story telling and story acting for teachers which includes the applications of reading teaching and related adaptive strategy on readers
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Shen, Joyce Chun-i., and 沈君怡. "Reading Aloud and Story-telling in two Languages:A Study of Silent Pause." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16340747729711282527.
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碩士國立政治大學
語言學研究所
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Abstract The purpose of the present study is to analyze temporal variables in two languages and two speech styles. The “temporal variables” here include pause duration, pause percentage, articulation rate, speech rate, and utterance length. Besides those temporal variables, two pause locations are observed: “between” or “within” major constituents (sentences and clauses). The two languages under discussing are Mandarin Chinese and English, and the two speech styles are reading and story-telling. We hope to understand the processes of reading and story-telling in Mandarin and English. The data of the present study are speech from sixteen males and sixteen females of Cheng-chi University. All of them are native speakers of Mandarin Chinese, and started to learn English at junior high school. They are asked to read a story either in Chinese or in English and tell the story on their own. Also, for fear that subjects’ performance may be influenced by the order of reading and story-telling, half of the same group are asked to read before telling story, and the other tell the story before reading. So we have two independent variables: language and style. The design of the experiment is 2×2. There are three important results in our study. 1.Pause duration is shorter, pause percentage is lower, articulation rate and speech rate is faster, and utterance length is longer in Mandarin than in English. 2.As far as speech style is concerned, pause is shorter and fewer in reading than in story-telling, with slower articulation rate and speech rate, and longer utterance. 3.More pauses are found to appear between major constituents in Mandarin than in English, in reading than in story-telling. However, fewer pauses are found within major constituents in Mandarin than in English; in reading than in story-telling.
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WAVG, CHIH-HSIEN, and 王芝嫻. "A Study of Story-Telling Mothers' Experiences During Joint Picture Book Reading." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73602917081883737903.
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碩士輔仁大學
兒童與家庭學系碩士班
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The purpose of the study is to understand story-telling mothers and their children’s experiences during joint picture book reading. Specifically, the purposes of the study are to understand: 1.The motivations why story-telling mothers devote herself to joint picture book reading.2. The challenges story-telling mothers have, when they devote themselves to joint picture book reading.3.The harvest and changes that story-telling mothers have from joint picture book reading. In order to achieve the purposes, the study ses semi-standardized interviews to proceed. Six story-telling mothers are invited and participate as the objects for data analysis by purposive and snowball sampling. In conclusion, the results of the study are as follows:1.There are six motivations for joint picture book reading. They are to cultivate children’s reading habits, enhance children’s literacy, improve children’s living skills, cultivate children’s imagination, encourage parent-child interaction, and promote mother’s self-maturity.2.There are three challenges during joint picture book reading. They are lack of child development cognition, lack of book resources, lack of skills during joint book reading.3.The harvest and changes after joint picture book reading include the following advantages: the improvement of parent-child interaction, the increase of join picture book reading skills, the broadening of cognitive view, the encouragement of family learning together, the building of active reading habits, and the pursuit of self-life enrichment. In the end, the study gives suggestions to story-telling mothers,the school unit, the government and follow-up researchers in accordance with the results and limitation of the study.
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李陸芳. "THE Action Research of Improved Children's Story-telling Ability and Reading Habit Cultivated through Reading Teaching." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28721990754084038091.
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碩士臺北市立教育大學
幼兒教育學系碩士班
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The Action Research of Improved Children’s Story-telling Ability and Reading Habit Cultivated through Reading Teaching 【Abstract】 The reading teaching strategy is implemented based on “reading teaching” viewpoint in this research. Illustrated books are used as teaching materials in order to find out if children have shown improvements in three aspects: “cover illustration” story telling, story re-telling, and reading habit. The results shall serve as reference for teaching strategy review and correction. The study method used in this research is “action research.” The study subjects are 27 children in the researcher’s class. The study period is 3 months from February 2008 to May 2008.The data collection methods are participations, observations, and recording on the teaching site. The data collected then undergoes translation analysis. The study findings are as follows: I. “Cover illustration” story-telling 1. Children’s presentation content is increased. The children’s visual can gradually focus on the relationship between images in the illustration; children demonstrate increased vocabulary use and are able to form complete sentences. 2. The “Cover illustration” style affects the children’s imagination. II. The story-retelling ability The children that participated in story re-telling not only showed improved story re-telling ability after practicing on 9 illustrated books, but also showed equal improvements in speed, clarity, volume, and vocabulary recall organization. However, since the 9 illustrated books each had a different style and preference level for children, they could not be compared. Therefore, the improvement in ability could only be observed from individual story-telling contents. III. Reading habit cultivation The children’s reading habit cultivation required time. On the “Reading Day”, the classroom became a place exclusively for reading. The children were allowed to choose the “illustrated book” they preferred. The children were given more opportunities to read and their reading habits were cultivated. On the “Reading Day”, the children not only read books by themselves, but also formed groups with the partners they liked or are better at reading to read together. Keywords: story-telling, story-telling ability, reading habit, reading teaching
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López-Avedoy, Teresa. "Del lugar público al espacio íntimo: Imágenes y experiencias en el espacio público. La Biblioteca Vasconcelos como caso de estudio." Thesis, 2016. http://eprints.rclis.org/33778/1/Discursos_imagenes_y_experiencias_BV.pdf.
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The dissertation presents the outputs of a research carried out during the second semester of 2014 and the first semester of 2015 at Vasconcelos Public Library, located in Buenavista, a neighborhood in Mexico City. The public library is used as a methodological strategy of
public space or equipment observation. An ethnographic approach is primarily used, as well as a combination of methods in the several descriptive stages of the space, and for the registry of usage, practices and experiences of the library by users and visitors.
The first chapter presents a general overview of the library using the information gathered in a survey applied to users and visitors (BV-CNCA, 2014). Following, a description of the spaces and activities carried out by users is presented in an ethnographic narration. Finally, everyday experiences of users and visitors are presented.
The research shows how the conceptions and values around the library’s materiality (features, place configuration or layout, location) and immateriality (conceptions, imaginaries, experiences) influence the way of using and thinking about this equipment. The study concludes that this public architecture spatializes experiences that give a new meaning to the public library as an equipment of urban life, both indoor and outdoor, expanding its present and future history as a public space.
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蔡菁菁. "A research on the process of caring the disadvantaged children based on「Reading Group with Baking」-- The story of a story-telling." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54075433626830890256.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
人類發展與家庭研究所
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Abstract The research on the process of caring the disadvantaged children is based on the 「Reading Group with Baking」approach. The purpose of this research is to： 1. help the children acquire communication skills and build up positive self-concept. 2. provide reading opportunities for children and cultivate their reading habits and capabilities . 3. establish a reading room in the community. 4. facilitate the participated residents in continuing the caring and reading initiative. An action research method is adopted. The observation of action sessions, audio-recording and video-recording, photography, and interviews are important date for the study. The researcher conducts the action research to the selected community for ten consecutive months, and identifies the following major findings： 1. Two important problems which these disadvantaged children encounter are「communication skills and self-concept」and「reading and sharing」. These children are found being underdeveloped in these problem, which affected and related to each other. 2. The「Reading Group with Baking」approach is very beneficial to the disadvantaged children. The 「baking」 part of the approach is able to bring delight and satisfaction to the children, to enhance confidence and to experience the relationship between book and their own lives. The「reading」part is found useful to improve children's reading motivation, communication skills, and independent thinking and sharing abilities. 3. The critical factors for running a「Reading Group with Baking」include children and family commitments, schedule and length of the reading group, size of the group, assistant’s support , as well as the leader’s value system and attitude. Finally, based on the research process and findings, the researcher provides practical implications and suggestions to teachers, researchers, and others who are interested in this subject.
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Mariano, Torres Marco Antonio. "Nivel de lectura de los usuarios de la Biblioteca Pública Central Delegacional de Tlalpan." Thesis, 2019. http://eprints.rclis.org/38579/1/MARCO%20ANTONIO%20MARIANO%20TORRES%202019.pdf.
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Wang, Szu-Han, and 王思涵. "An Action Research on Story Telling with Mind Map to Enhance Higher Level Thinking Ability in Reading for Primary School Students’." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89318398912402701164.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
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The results of international reading tests in recent years revealed that Taiwanese elementary students’ reading literacy, particularly in higher-order thinking skills, needs to be improved. To cope with this problem, this study developed a reading pedagogy using story telling with mind map and implemented it to a class of sixth graders. It aims to observe whether students’ higher-order thinking ability in reading is enhanced through the pedagogy. An action research approach was employed in a reading course using story telling with mind map for 8 weeks. The teaching experiment contained teaching students to operate a web-based mind mapping software, to draw mind maps with multimedia videos, and to promote students' higher-order thinking skills through works sharing and discussions. The researcher also played the role of teacher during the experiment. Amending the program based on the confronted problems, collecting multi-ple sources of data including videos, observations, worksheets, and reading tests, and comparing student’s changes of higher-order thinking skills in reading. Results showed that the “story-telling with mind map” reading instruction promote students’ changes of higher-order thinking skills as follows: (1)under-achievement students' critical thinking ability had obviously been changed; (2)Ordinary-achievement students’ problem-solving ability had obviously been changed; (3)High-achievement students’ creative thinking ability had obviously been changed. Overall, the subjects in this study liked the purposed reading pedagogy that changed certain aspects of higher-order thinking skills for different levels of elementary school students. Finally, several suggestions for reading instruction are provided for teachers.