<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Introduction: Interest in reading and reader activities cannot be developed efficiently without deeper knowledge of the effects of relevant factors. Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide information on the specifics of the creation of interest in reading in the course of future academics’ lives. Methods: This knowledge was obtained from second-year teacher students in the bachelor program at the University of Hradec Kralove by means of readers’ biographies and interviews. After six years, the investigation was repeated. Participants’ written records about their development of interest in reading were analysed, open-coded and category coded. Limitations: The results apply to only a sample of university-educated persons in the field of teaching. Conclusions: Realized experiences encourage interdisciplinary discourse and cooperation in deepening the knowledge about this topic and its follow-up application in teacher training at universities in all teaching specializations.</p></abstract>

Introduction: Interest in reading and reader activities cannot be developed efficiently without deeper knowledge of the effects of relevant factors. Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide information on the specifics of the creation of interest in reading in the course of future academics’ lives. Methods: This knowledge was obtained from second-year teacher students in the bachelor program at the University of Hradec Kralove by means of readers’ biographies and interviews. After six years, the investigation was repeated. Participants’ written records about their development of interest in reading were analysed, open-coded and category coded. Limitations: The results apply to only a sample of university-educated persons in the field of teaching. Conclusions: Realized experiences encourage interdisciplinary discourse and cooperation in deepening the knowledge about this topic and its follow-up application in teacher training at universities in all teaching specializations.

Development of Interest in Reading on the Part of Students and Future Academics

Acta Educationis Generalis

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Introduction: Interest in reading and reader activities cannot be developed efficiently without deeper knowledge of the effects of relevant factors. Purpose:...

Development of Interest in Reading on the Part of Students and Future Academics

Publié en ligne: 21 déc. 2017

Pages: 9 - 24

Reçu: 15 sept. 2017

Accepté: 07 nov. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2017-0021

Mots clés
interest in reading, reader biography, students, teachers, future academics

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Development of Interest in Reading on the Part of Students and Future Academics

Publié en ligne: 21 déc. 2017

Pages: 9 - 24

Reçu: 15 sept. 2017

Accepté: 07 nov. 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/atd-2017-0021

Mots clésinterest in reading, reader biography, students, teachers, future academics

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
interest in reading, reader biography, students, teachers, future academics