Reading for pleasure: sharing the experience together

Reading is often viewed as a solo activity- a description of individual engagement. Yet children's reading can never be separated from their engagement with others – including family, friends, peers, teachers and librarians- all of whom influence children's interests and identities as readers in different ways. So in this session, drawing on the evidence base, Teresa will explore the social nature of reading and the pleasure and potential in children and adults’ sharing the experience together.

Learning objectives:

To expand delegates’ understanding of the social dimensions of reading
To share a social reading for pleasure pedagogy
To offer practical ways forward for primary classrooms.

Suitable for: members working in primary settings.

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Provider

Teresa Cremin CBE

Teresa Cremin, CBE, is Professor of Education (Literacy) at The Open University, UK, and co-Director of the Literacy and Social Justice Centre which creates space for research, practice and advocacy to enrich educational opportunities for all. Teresa’s research focuses on volitional reading and writing, and teachers’ and children’s literate identities.

An ex- teacher, LA advisor, Teresa also worked in ITE for many years. She now undertakes research and consultancy, nationally and internationally. A fellow of the English Association, the Academy of Social Sciences, and the Royal Society of the Arts, Teresa is a Trustee of the Reading Agency, the UK Literacy Association and LoveReading and advises the DfE on reading for pleasure. She previously served as president of the UKLA, the UK Reading Association and as a Trustee of BookTrust and the Poetry Archive.