Girls, boys and early reading: parents' gendered views about literacy and children's attitudes towards reading
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2016
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Ozturk, G.
Hill, S.
Yates, G.C.R.
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Early Child Development and Care : ECDC, 2016; 186(5):703-715
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This study investigated the relationship between children's attitudes towards reading and their parents’ gendered views about literacy (GVL). It was assumed that parents may have GVL by favouring girls in reading activities, which could limit boys’ enjoyment in reading activities. This study was conducted with 31 five-year-old children in first term at a school in South Australia. To measure children's enjoyment in reading-related activities, each child completed an individually administered Literacy Attitude Scale (LAS). Parents completed a questionnaire about their views on girls’ and boys’ early literacy and their book preferences. It was found that the parents’ GVL were significantly and negatively related to children's attitudes towards reading. Importantly, both male and female children of parents, with highly GVL, exhibited lower attitudes towards reading. Overall, girls reported significantly more positive attitudes towards reading than boys. A weak but notable correlation was found between parents’ perceptions about their children's attitudes towards reading and their children's self-reported reading attitudes.
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Copyright 2015 Taylor & Francis