This story on this morning's Morning Edition on NPR caught my attention. It's about a recent research report from Common Sense Media about the decline in reading for pleasure among teenagers. Why isn't known for sure, although electronic technology certainly has a part to play. What prompted me to think about is how this phenomenon is both a symptom and cause about the changing landscape for the classroom of the future.
So how do you think students' changing reading habits will impact your teaching style?
Here's the audio of Morning Edition story, or you can link to the NPR page.
Renaissance Learning also recently published a report, "What Kids Are Reading," which looks at the 20 most popular books for each grade from 1-12. The data is based on 318 million books read by over 9.8 million students on Accelerated Reader during 2012-2013. "The Hunger Games" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series top the fiction charts. But non-fiction is not so hot, making up just 14-24% of titles read.
Interesting...perhaps I'm wrong/misguided but it seems many parents have a lot of anxiety about having their children learn to read at younger and younger ages.
ReplyDeleteBlog post from Common Sense on their research report: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/4-alarming-findings-about-kids-and-teens-reading
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ReplyDeleteReading the "What Kids are Reading" link, I found it interesting that many of the "classics" are still being read/taught in high school years while more recent/contemporary titles seem to be the norm within the middle school years.
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