Setting up a Reading Motivator in the Digital Age: introducing new approaches of reading for pleasure pedagogy in primary schools

The project creates pedagogy for enhancing the reading of diverse readers. The idea is to set up a profile of a reading motivator to work with students and also teachers. The model is based on rea...

The project creates pedagogy for enhancing the reading of diverse readers. The idea is to set up a profile of a reading motivator to work with students and also teachers. The model is based on reading for pleasure pedagogy (RfP), reading profiles and motivation as well as research implemented in the project. As a result, there will a training package for reading motivators, tools for implementing the reading profiles, a model of individualized RfP and research on different tools of the project.

First, previous research on reading for pleasure and motivation is investigated and the content for training the reading motivators is formed. The reading profiles and reading pathways of students are created and the motivators trained. Next, the motivators scaffold the model in workshops. The effects are tested pre- and post-test. Lastly, the research results and the guidelines for the reading motivators are published, together with the country-specific good practices in RfP pedagogy.

The result will be a set of reading profiles and reading-pathways, a course curriculum on RfP, trained reading motivators and a selection of good practices with country-specific differentiation. Reading motivation of the students in the project will increase and the teachers will gain tools for implementing RfP pedagogy in their practice. Tools for forming reading profiles of students will be provided as well as a model of individualised RfP pedagogy and guidelines based on the project findings.