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Course Unit Title	STUDY AND PROMOTION OF READING
Course Unit Code	ELE108
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated	4
Learning Outcomes of the course unit	By the end of the course, the students should be able to: Describe the factors that influence children’s attitudes towards reading in general and reading literature in particular. Pose meaningful research questions about reading habits, reading preferences, reading practices, and attitudes towards reading. Develop teaching plans for reading promotion according to the major literary teaching orientations in primary education. Develop and implement strategies for promoting the joy of reading and the building and sustaining of critical reading communities. Assess children’s response to reading promotion activities.
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Prerequisites	NONE	Co-requisites	NONE
Recommended optional program components	-  Καρπόζηλου, Μ. (1994). Το παιδί στη χώρα των βιβλίων. Συμβολή στη μελέτη των παιδικών αναγνωσμάτων. Αθήνα: Καστανιώτης. 37-80. -  Κατσίκη- Γκίβαλου, Άντ.,  Καλογήρου, Τζ., Χαλκιαδάκη, Ά. (Επιμ.), Φιλαναγνωσία και σχολείο (σελ. 27-34). Αθήνα: Πατάκης. -  Kirby, John R., Ball, Angela, Geier, B. Kelly, Parrila, Rauno, Wade-Woolley, Lesly (2011). The development of reading interest and its relation to reading ability. Journal of Research in Reading, 34 (3), 263-280. -  Μαλαφάντης, Κωνσταντίνος Δ. (2005). Παιδαγωγικές πρακτικές για την προαγωγή της φιλαναγνωσίας των παιδιών. Στο Παιδαγωγική της λογοτεχνίας, τόμ. Β’, Αθήνα: Γρηγόρης. σ. 15- 58. -  Μαλαφάντης, Κωνσταντίνος (2005). Το παιδί και η ανάγνωση. Αθήνα: Γρηγόρης. -  Παπαντωνάκης, Γ, Αθανασιάδης, Η., Καπλάνογλου, Μ., Πολίτης. Δ. (2010). Οι ιδέες των παιδιών για την παιδική λογοτεχνία. Αθήνα: Τόπος.
Course Contents	-  The need of lifelong readers and the practices to develop such readers, as part of the target for a higher level of literacy skills -  The research of reading habits, reading preferences, reading practices, and attitudes towards reading. -  Reading promotion, critical literacy and multiliteracies. Factors that influence children’s attitudes towards reading in general and reading literature in particular. -  Information and resources about successful reading programs. -  Examination of principles and strategies for promoting the joy of reading and the building and sustaining of critical reading communities. -  Teaching scenarios for the promotion of reading. Developing related activities.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks	Γιάννης Σ. Παπαδάτος, Παιδικό βιβλίο και φιλαναγνωσία. Θεωρητικές αναφορές και προσεγγίσεις- δραστηριότητες, Αθήνα, Πατάκης, 2009.
References	Φιλαναγνωσία. Καινοτόμες δράσεις ενίσχυσης της φιλαναγνωσίας των μαθητών. Εθνικό Κέντρο Βιβλίου (ΕΚΕΒΙ). http://www.philanagnosia.gr/ Μικρός αναγνώστης. Εθνικό Κέντρο Βιβλίου (ΕΚΕΒΙ). http://www.mikrosanagnostis.gr/ Έρευνες αναγνωστικής συμπεριφοράς. http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=309 Το ΕΚΕΒΙ και το παιδί http://www.ekebi.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=149
Planned learning activities and teaching methods	All lessons are organised in two parts. The first part has the form of a lecture, and is mostly theoretical, and the second has workshop format. The students have access to the computer presentations used for the lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria	Test 20% Workshop reports 20% Teaching scenario 20% Final Exam 40%
Language of instruction	Greek
Work placement(s)	NO