This master thesis focuses on the reading habits of students in the last three years of primary school, with an emphasis on the reading of literary texts and the factors that influence the formation of a reading culture. We are interested in the topic of reading culture because we assume that a developed reading culture has a positive influence on reading literacy. We start from the thesis that the family environment and the school have an important influence on reading culture and literacy. Reading habits have been changing in the world and in Slovenia in recent years. We are therefore particularly interested in the factors shaping reading culture. We also present the results of international research, which have shown a negative trend in reading habits, reading and reading literacy in recent years. In recent years, Slovenian students have been underperforming in international literacy surveys such as PISA and PIRLS, with notable gender differences in performance. In the following, we try to answer the questions why some adolescents read more than others, what is reading motivation, why students' motivation to read decreases with school years, who and how can motivate them to read.
The empirical section investigates the proportion of students in the last three years of primary school in Slovenia who read literary texts in their free time, the types of literary texts they prefer, and gender-based differences in reading habits.
We also asked the participants about their estimates of the amount of time they spend per week reading literary texts and the amount of time they spend on other activities. We analysed the answers to the questions about who motivates the pupils in the survey to read in their free time. We will also be interested in their answers about whether they read literary texts at all and, if not, what they see as reasons for not doing so or not doing so more often.
We also wanted to find out whether the final grade in the subject Slovene language is related to the reading of literary texts as a leisure activity among primary school pupils in the last three years of school, or whether pupils with higher final grades in Slovene language read more than those with lower final grades in this subject.
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