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Aliteracy: Is it really a problem?
Overview
• Aliteracy defined• Why it occurs• Problems with aliteracy• Research Purpose• Research Significance• Actions to take against aliteracy• Conclusion
Why does Aliteracy Occur?
• Reading not encouraged in the classroom.
• Reading only from a content textbook.
• Teacher’s own reading habits (Hill, & Beers, 1993).
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So What’s The Problem?
• Due to current teaching habits- emphasis on covering content- aliteracy can lead to students becoming disengaged in the classroom, and increases the chance of them falling behind.
Aliteracy Moves Beyond The Classroom:Average Issue Readership*
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 19980
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Daily NewspaperWeekly NewspaperMagazine
*(Corder, 1999)
Do you see a problem
now?
• “Recent estimates by the Carnegie Corporation of New York reveal that close to 50 percent of the incoming ninth-graders in this country’s comprehensive public high schools cannot comprehend the texts that their teachers assign,” (Alvermann, 2004).
Research Purpose
• The goal of this research is to demonstrate that aliteracy can lead to long-term consequences.
College? Career?
Significance of Study• Current and future educators
need to realize there is more to teaching than just regurgitating facts.
• Curbing the aliterate tendencies will ensure greater educational success of a student.
How Can This Be Fixed?
• Teacher’s philosophy on reading• Teacher’s reading habits• Classroom library• Silent reading
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Conclusion
• Encourage students with joyful reading about your content!
• Use various methods to teach course content.
References• Aliteracy. (2011). Merriam-Webster. Retrieved June 15, 2011,
from http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aliterate
• Alvermann, D. E. (2004). Adolescent Aliteracy: Are Schools Causing It. Annenberg Institute for School Reform: Voices in Urban Education, Winter/Spring 2004. Retrieved from http://annenbergchallenge.org/VUE/wp-content/pdf/VUE3.pdf#page=28
• Corder, C. K. (1999). “Aliteracy”: A Threat To Print Media. Worldwide Readership Research Symposium 1999, session 8.1. Retrieved from http://www.printanddigitalresearchforum.com/papers/582.pdf
References
• Hill, M. H., & Beers, G. K. (1993). Teachers as Readers: Survey of Teacher Personal Reading Habits and Literacy Activities in the Classroom. Reading Teacher Survey. Retrieved from http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED364836.pdf
• Newingham, B. (n.d.). Our classroom library. Retrieved from http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/index.htm
• Reluctant readers: part 1 [Web log message]. (2010, November 16). Retrieved from http://thereadingchild.com/archives/247