{"product_id":"building-communities-of-engaged-readers","title":"Building Communities of Engaged Readers","description":"\u003cp\u003eReading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children’s engagement as self-motivated and socially interactive readers. \u003ci\u003eBuilding Communities of Engaged Readers \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights the concept of ‘Reading Teachers’ who are not only knowledgeable about texts for children, but are aware of their own reading identities and prepared to share their enthusiasm and understanding of what being a reader means. Sharing the processes of reading with young readers is an innovative approach to developing new generations of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the interplay between the ‘will and the skill’ to read, the book distinctively details a reading for pleasure pedagogy and demonstrates that reader engagement is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Importantly it provides compelling evidence that reciprocal reading communities in school encompass:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003econsiderable teacher and child knowledge of children’s literature and other texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epedagogic practices which acknowledge and develop diverse reader identities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003espontaneous ‘inside-text talk’ on the part of all members\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea shift in the focus of control and new social spaces that encourage choice and children’s rights as readers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by experts in the literacy field and illustrated throughout with examples from the project schools, it is essential reading for all those concerned with improving young people’s enjoyment of and attainment in reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234681016664,"sku":"9781138777484","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138777484.jpg?v=1777255225","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/building-communities-of-engaged-readers","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}