Clackmannanshire Reading and Readers Project August 2017 - August 2020 Background: Achievement in reading is influenced by both socio-economic background and gender. This is because learning to read, and being a reader is not just about acquiring the necessary knowledge or skill-sets, but is also about how reading as an activity is socially and culturally mediated; what any learner ‘takes’ from any learning event depends on what they think the activity is about and what they think the task is for. Working in partnership with Research Project Funded Clackmannanshire Council this project shall explore the above with educators by the Scottish using the Strathclyde Three Domains Model. Government Aim: This project is designed to help educators co-create, with their pupils, a Contacts: reading curriculum that explores how cognitive knowledge and skills for reading, Sue Ellis reader and learner identity and cultural capital can intersect with the class and Professor of Education School of Education curriculum organization and teaching in schools and classrooms in positive University of Strathclyde effective and efficient ways to raise attainment. Floor 5, Lord Hope Building Participants: Head teachers and classroom teachers from all primary schools 141 St James Road, across Clackmannanshire. Glasgow G4 0LT 0141 444 8045 Method: A qualitative longitudinal approach shall be taken over a period of three
[email protected] years. This shall include Continued Professional Development (CPD) sessions, interviews and questionnaires. Information shall be gathered from several sources and shall utilise both qualitative and quantitative methods in order to enable an exploration of; understanding, implementation and impact. Design and Procedure: In Year 1 volunteer schools shall engage in direct staff development, acquiring content knowledge and tools to address the cultural capital, identity and cognitive aspects of reading.