Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v24i1.4282
Students’ Attitude towards Reading Assignments and Reading: The Perception of Students and Teachers in Secondary Schools in Zagreb
Jelena Pavičić Vukičević
orcid.org/0000-0002-6382-1119
; Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb Horvaćanski zavoj 15, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Prpić
; Marin Držić Primary School Nalješkovićeva 4, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Irena Cajner Mraović
; Faculty of Croatian Studies University of Zagreb Borongajska cesta 83d, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Reading is a significant and mass phenomenon, but the scientific research of various
aspects of reading culture, such as the attitude of students towards required reading
assignments, is scarce. Research on assigned reading in Croatia is mainly requested by
media outlets for the purpose of publishing sensational titles. The results provided to
media outlets by research agencies are of questionable scientific and methodological
validity. The aim of this paper is to analyse how students and teachers perceive
the attitude of students towards fulfilling the requirements pertaining to reading
assignments with the purpose of devising efficient reading strategies. The research was
conducted on the sample of 451 final year students in five high schools in Zagreb and
102 teachers of those final year students in the 2017-2018 school year. The results of
the research indicate that there is a statistically significant difference between students
and teachers in the perception of students’ attitude towards assigned reading, where
teachers believe to a greater extent than students that students in their school have a
positive attitude towards reading assignments.
Keywords
competency in the mother tongue; educational theories; National Strategy for the Promotion of Reading; PISA Research; reading literacy
Hrčak ID:
280315
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Publication date:
18.5.2022.
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