ESTUDO SOBRE HÁBITOS LEITORES NA ERA DIGITAL

A Scholastic levou a cabo um estudo sobre os hábitos leitores, 2010 Kids & Family Reading Report: Turning the page in the Digital Age, cujas principais  conclusões são:

Ø    arents believe the use of electronic or digital devices negatively affects the time kids spend reading books (41%), doing physical activity (40%), and engaging with family (33%);

Ø     from age 6 through age 17 , the time kids spend reading declines while the time kids spend going online for fun and using a cell phone to text or talk increases;

Ø     when asked about the one device parents would like their child to stop using for a one or two week period, parents most often cite television, video game systems, and cell phones;

Ø    parents of girls age 6-8 (41%) and 9-11 (44%) say television, while parents of boys age 6-8 are split between television (28%) and video game systems (27%;

Ø     after age 8, parents of boys are most likely to choose video game systems (33%), while parents of girls are increasingly likely to say cell phones (24% and 41% among parents of girls age 12-14 and 15-17, respectively;

Ø     while only 25% of kids have read a book on a digital device (including computers), many more (57% of kids age 9-17) are interested in doing so. When asked if they would read more books for fun if they had access to ebooks, one-third of kids age 9-17 of kids said yes, including frequent readers (34%), moderately frequent readers (36%), and even infrequent readers (27%);

Ø     When asked about the most important outcome of reading books for fun, children age 9–17 say it is to: open up the imagination (43%), be inspired (36%), and to a lesser degree, to gain new information (21%). Parents express similar views (43%, 35%, and 22%, respectively;

Ø     It is clear that letting kids choose which books they want to read is key to raising a reader. Nine out of 10 children say they are more likely to finish books they choose themselves. Parents also recognize the power of choice—nearly 9 out of 10 parents say “as long as my child is reading, I just want my child to read books he/she likes.”

Ø     In addition to choice, parents use other tactics to encourage reading that appear to result in more frequent reading, including making sure there are interesting books at home (for kids age 9-11 and 15-17), putting limits on the amount of time spent using technology (for kids age 9-11), and suggesting books they might like (for kids age 12-14). 

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