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Are School Librarians Important?
The Teen Reading pilot survey found that a higher proportion of students rated the provision of good books by their school library as a better motivator of more reading than local public or community libraries. While browsing the informative website of the Australian...
Decline in e-book reading considered the end of a trend
Recent British Publishers Association's figures show that consumer e-book sales have fallen by 17% while print book sales have risen by 8%. The Guardian attributes this to a changing trend, arguing that when the Kindle was first launched it was new and exciting, but...
Review: ‘Words Onscreen’ by Naomi Baron
Naomi Baron's book Words Onscreen is an exploration into the changing nature of reading. With the increasing use of eReaders many people are forgoing paper books. With this change, Baron asserts, comes a change in how we read, with reading onscreen linked to surface...
Infographic: How the world reads
An interesting infographic sourced from https://electricliterature.com/infographic-how-the-world-reads-1de1543b163c#.lpo6rqbo0
How to get teenagers to read
In light of the widely acknowledged benefits of recreational reading, in 2012 the West Australian Study in Adolescent Book Reading (WASABR) attempted to uncover the most effective ways that social influences can support teenagers to read for pleasure. Some of the key...
A beautiful response to school library closures in the UK
In the UK, children’s laureate Chris Riddell, with the support of all eight former laureates including Quentin Blake and Julia Donaldson, has sent an amazing letter to the Department of Education to address current policy that has led to hundreds of school libraries...
Reading for pleasure is good for children’s brains
Dr Alice Sullivan talks about her UK research exploring the benefits of recreational reading for cognition. She explains "Of the 17,000 members, 6,000 took a range of cognitive tests at age 16. We compared children from the same social backgrounds who achieved similar...
A nose for books
Reading books for pleasure has little appeal for smart phone fixated American teenagers, according to an article published in The New Yorker earlier this year. It's not just the idea of reading that seems like a chore to millennials, according to David Denby, it's...
Re-thinking screen time
US publications such as Time and Forbes are reporting on revisions of the American Academy of Pediatric' guidelines for children and screens, in recognition of the growing variety of screens and the uses to which they're now put. It is hard, reports Time, 'for the...
Victorian Fieldwork Complete
During August and September the team visited a further 5 schools for data collection - ranging from outer metropolitan to regional and rural centres. This iconic Ballarat streetscape was one of our transit stops to a nearby...
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How many books do teens read?
This blog post provides an extract of the findings from the Teen Reading in the Digital Era pilot report. You can read the full report here
Findings on Recreational Reading by Gender
This blog post provides an extract of the findings from the Teen Reading in the Digital Era pilot report. You can read the full report here
Reading frequency
This blog post provides an extract of the findings from the Teen Reading in the Digital Era pilot report. You can read the full report here
Teen Reading Pilot Study Report
The plain-language Snapshot Report of the pilot study, Teen Reading in the Digital Era: Platforms, Access, and Diversity has now been circulated to our participating study schools and stakeholders. It is now available to the public on our site. Snapshot Report March...
Top 5 genres preferred by teens
We analysed the favourite books of over 500 teens to identify their favourite genres. The top 5 genres Fantasy Contemporary realist fiction Science Fiction Autobiography/Biography Action/Adventure
Teens’ Top 10 Australian Books or Series
Over 500 Australian teens were asked what their favourite books or series were. Here are their top 10 books or series by Australian authors: Once series by Morris Gleitzman Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths Tomorrow series by John Marsden The Book Thief by Markus...
Teens’ Top 10 Favourite Books
We asked over 500 teens what their favourite books or series were. Here are their top 10. Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney The Maze Runner series by James Dashner Divergent...
How often do Australian teens read for pleasure?
The Teen Reading survey asked young people a few questions about how frequently and how much they read in their free time. We were specifically interested in recreational reading, not school or homework. Here’s an early analysis of what we found when we asked how...
What do teens think about reading on digital devices?
The Teen Reading study asked a number of questions about young people's reading preferences and experiences, in both "open fields" in our survey and in interviews. Teens were able to tell us in their own words about how they felt about reading in general and about...
It hurts my eyes (but only when reading)
iPads and other LCD tablets are widely used in educational settings. They are ‘do it all’ devices which can perform many functions. They can be cameras, music players, web browsers, as well as displaying text word processing or notetaking software, or in book apps...
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