Download - Pan African.Tanzania2009
Building a Culture for Reading in the Libraries of Africa
A workshop by
Marlene Asselin, PhD
and
Ray Doiron, PhD
6th Pan African Reading Conference
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
August, 2009
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Outline Workshop
Welcome – Introductions
Overview - Creating a culture for reading.
Principles & Practices
Challenges
Activity One – Your Examples
Activity Two – Synthesizing the Principles
Activity Three – Community/Individual Action Plans
Wrap-up
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We begin any literacy program by …
Telling stories
and
Reading Aloud.
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What do oral storytellingand reading aloud do for us in terms of developing literacy and creating a love for reading?
(jot down your ideas….)
• They model how reading works.• They help develop the framework for narratives.• They develop language and vocabulary.•They spark conversation.•They build understanding and comprehension.• They include us in shared cultural experience. • They build community.
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Building a Culture for Reading (Literacy)
What do we know about cultures where reading flourishes?
What are the lessons we can take from these cultures?
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Practices
• Large-scale (community-wide)• Silent reading time• Book Buddies• Special themed activities (Pirate reading)• One Book/One School or One Town• Incentives – intrinsic & extrinsic (school challenges, class-to-class …)
• Individual • Reading logs• Incentives – intrinsic & extrinsic• Home-school reading (book bags…)•
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Challenges
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Community/Individual Plans of Actions
Challenge
What I/We can do …
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Questions & Discussion