Global webinar on the decline in children’s reading
A recording is now available of The Decline in Volitional Reading: Evidence-Informed Ways Forward, a global webinar co-hosted by Teresa Cremin, Sarah McGeown and our PI Anežka Kuzmičová.
Last month, our PI Anežka Kuzmičová and two international colleagues, Teresa Cremin (Open University) and Sarah McGeown (University of Edinburgh), hosted a highly oversubscribed webinar for academics, policymakers and practitioners from around the globe. The webinar, now available on YouTube, was based on their recent position paper, The Decline in Volitional Reading: Evidence-Informed Ways Forward, further co-authored with Chin Ee Loh (National Institute of Education Singapore) and Laura Scholes (Australian Catholic University)
In the webinar and position paper, the authors open with the worrying statistics of contemporary children’s reading but propose to look for ways forward in qualitative evidence of children’s authentic experiences rather than quantitative data. They offer hands-on reflective practices for the classroom while also debunking the following myths about young people’s reading: 1. Boys Don’t Read, 2. Young People Should Only Read Novels, 3. Reading is Solitary, 4. Reading Only Matters in the Primary Years.
Read the position paper here.
Watch the webinar recording here.
