"Ska vi skriva bokrecension sen, eller?" : En studie om arbete med läsförståelse på högstadiet

• Main Author: Sturesson, Emma
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap (UV) 2016
• Subjects: close reading; literature conversation; group discussions; action research; reading comprehension; General Literature Studies; Litteraturvetenskap; Pedagogy; Pedagogik; Didactics; Didaktik
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65999

The aim of the study is to investigate how theories of close reading and literature conversations can be used in the practice of teaching. As a way to achieve insight into this, I have applied the method of action research to study different strategies for reading comprehension. Action research is a suitable method to acquire knowledge about one’s own work for purposes of development. The result indicates that a classroom where more than one voice can be heard and where different forms of conversation can be represented can further the pupils’ experience of and engagement in the teaching. The pupils’ evaluations allow me to draw the conclusion that the methods by which I worked – close reading, whole-class discussions and group discussions, and individual writing – appear to have had a positive effect on the development of the pupils’ reading comprehension.