Modern Reading Practices and Collaboration Between Schools, Family, and Community

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A mastery of oral language is one of the greatest indicators of success in terms of learning to read and write successfully. Due to the personal and social advantages that it represents, reading should be one of the main priorities of schools, families, and governments. Reading competence has a determining influence on personal, social, and academic success. We are not born readers; we learn to read, and enjoy reading, if our learning and experiences allow it. The desire to read largely involves strategies in partnership with those in meaningful contexts for children such as schools, families, and communities; they play an essential role in promoting reading and contributing to the creation of efficient, motivated readers.

This book looks at how we undertake reading research, how school structures, family contexts, and community policies shape students’ learning, and how we can realize greater impact from research to reading practices. It focuses on the experiences of reading from a young age and the different ways reading is encountered.