ERIC Number: EJ1043825
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Nov
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Guided Reading: Young Pupils' Perspectives on Classroom Practice
Hanke, Veronica
Literacy, v48 n3 p136-143 Nov 2014
Guided reading is widely perceived to be tricky in English primary schools; prior research has found difficulties with teacher interpretation and implementation. The study reported here suggests that to understand the problems associated with it we should also take into account pupils' perspectives on their guided reading lessons. In this case, the pupils were 4-7?years old. The special challenges of accessing young pupil perspectives were addressed through co-authored drawings, a type of graphic elicitation. The drawings, together with other collected data, generated insights into pupil perceptions of literacy practices, of the role of friends and ability grouping in learning to read, and of their teachers' organisational challenges. A socio-cultural analysis of these data indicates that these pupils were sensitive to the social and cultural contexts of their guided reading lessons. It may be that precise official advice for guided reading in England, originating in the National Literacy Strategy documents in 1999 and the Primary National Strategy documents in 2003 and 2008, has been insufficiently sensitive to the complex teaching and learning contexts of guided reading and that this discrepancy has contributed to the identified difficulties. The paper concludes that some rethinking of the literacy practice of guided reading would be valuable.
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students, Freehand Drawing, Student Attitudes, Peer Influence, Ability Grouping, Teaching Methods, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Small Group Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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