Improving Reading and Reading Engagement in the 21st Century: International Research and Innovation [Hardcover]

This book presents cutting-edge research findings in areas critical to advancing reading research in the 21st century context, including new literacies, reading motivation, strategy instruction, and reading intervention studies.

While students reading performance is currently receiving unprecedented attention, there is a lack of research that adopts an international perspective and draws on research expertise from different parts of the world to present a concerted effort, discussing key research models and findings on how to improve reading education. Addressing this gap in the literature, the book also responds to the challenge of promoting higher levels of literacy, and supporting and developing readers who can enjoy and critique texts of every genre.

Part I Context.- Chapter 1 Improving reading and reading engagement: An international focus.- Chapter 2 Engaging readers in the 21st Century: What we know and need to know more.- Part II New Literacies and Critical Reading.- Chapter 3 Advancing reading engagement and achievement through personal digital inquiry, critical reading, and argumentation.- Chapter 4 Key issues in research on students' critical reading and learning in the 21st Century information society.- Chapter 5 Image-language interaction in text comprehension: Reading reality and national reading tests.- Chapter 6 Reading the future: The contribution of literacy studies to debates on reading and reading engagement for primary-aged children.- Part III Reading Motivation and Strategy Instruction.- Chapter 7 Engaging students in the Joy of Reading program in Finland.- Chapter 8 Reading motivation and strategy use of Hong Kong students: The role of reading instruction in Chinese language classes.- Chapter 9 Reading was like my nightmare but now it's my thing : A narrative of growth and change of an Australian Indigneous student.- Chapter 10 Engaging children in reading activlS²