Student teachers’ perceptions of reading and the teaching of reading: the implications for teacher education

Perkins, M. (2013) Student teachers’ perceptions of reading and the teaching of reading: the implications for teacher education. European Journal of Teacher Education, 36 (3). pp. 293-306. ISSN 0261-9768 doi: 10.1080/02619768.2013.763790

Abstract/Summary

This article reports on research which identified perceptions of reading and the teaching of reading held by trainee teachers and the impact on my provision as a teacher educator. It found that students’ past and present experiences of learning to read and being a reader influenced their perceptions of what reading is and of what it means to teach reading. As a teacher educator, I am not able to give students long experience of seeing children becoming readers, but I am able to give them richer experiences of reading in personally and culturally relevant contexts. This has implications for the nature of subject knowledge required by a student teacher of reading and the curriculum and practice of teacher education.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/30932
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/02619768.2013.763790
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > Institute of Education > Language and Literacy in Education
Publisher	Routledge
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