The Role And Significance of Reading Culture Acquisition in Child Development
Özet
This study examines the role and significance of reading culture acquisition in child development within a comprehensive theoretical and developmental framework. Moving beyond the conventional view of reading as a technical decoding skill, the study conceptualizes reading as a multilayered cognitive, social, and cultural practice that evolves into a sustained reading culture. It argues that reading culture does not emerge spontaneously but develops through a systematic and continuous process extending from early childhood to adolescence. The study first establishes a conceptual distinction between reading, literacy, and reading culture, and then discusses their social and educational dimensions. Furthermore, it analyzes the developmental stages of reading culture acquisition across the 0–14 age span, emphasizing the critical role of early exposure to books, the formation of reading habits in primary education, and the development of critical reading skills in secondary education. In addition, the study addresses the transformation of reading culture in the digital age within the framework of multiliteracies, highlighting the importance of critical digital literacy. The findings suggest that reading culture is a key determinant not only of academic achievement but also of cognitive development, social participation, and democratic citizenship. Accordingly, fostering reading culture is presented as a strategic educational priority for both individual and societal development.
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Akyol, H., & Şahin, A. (Eds.). (2020). Teaching Turkish: For pre-service and in-service teachers (2nd ed.). Pegem Akademi.
Alexander, P. A., & Fox, E. (2011). Adolescents as readers. In M. L. Kamil, P. D. Pearson, E. B. Moje, & P. P. Afflerbach (Eds.), Handbook of reading research (Vol. 4, pp. 157–176). Routledge.
Alvermann, D. E., Gillis, V. R., & Phelps, S. F. (2013). Content area reading and literacy: Succeeding in today’s diverse classrooms (7th ed.). Pearson.
Bourdieu, P. (1986). The forms of capital. In J. G. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education (pp. 241–258). Greenwood Press.
Buckingham, D. (2003). Media education: Literacy, learning and contemporary culture. Polity Press.
Bus, A. G., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Pellegrini, A. D. (1995). Joint book reading makes for success in learning to read. Review of Educational Research, 65(1), 1–21.
Freire, P. (2000). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Continuum.
Gee, J. P. (2015). Social linguistics and literacies (5th ed.). Routledge.
Goody, J. (1986). The logic of writing and the organization of society. Cambridge University Press.
Guthrie, J. T., & Wigfield, A. (2000). Engagement and motivation in reading. In M. L. Kamil, P. B. Mosenthal, P. D. Pearson, & R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of reading research (Vol. 3, pp. 403–422). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
İnce Samur, A. Ö. (2016). How to develop a reading culture: Preschool period (0–6 years). Anı Publishing.
Luke, A., & Freebody, P. (1999). A map of possible practices. Practically Primary, 4(2), 5–8.
Manguel, A. (1996). A history of reading. Viking.
McLaughlin, M., & DeVoogd, G. (2004). Critical literacy. Scholastic.
National Endowment for the Arts. (2007). To read or not to read: A question of national consequence. Author.
New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. Harvard Educational Review, 66(1), 60–92.
OECD. (2019). PISA 2018 results. OECD Publishing.
Pearson, P. D., & Cervetti, G. N. (2017). The roots of reading comprehension instruction. In S. E. Israel (Ed.), Handbook of research on reading comprehension (2nd ed., pp. 12–56). Guilford Press.
Pressley, M. (2006). Reading instruction that works: The case for balanced teaching (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.
Sever, S. (2010). Children and literature. Tudem Publishing.
Snow, C. E. (2002). Reading for understanding. RAND.
Street, B. (2003). What’s new in new literacy studies? Current Issues in Comparative Education, 5(2), 77–91.
Unrau, N. J., & Quirk, M. (2014). Reading motivation and reading engagement: Clarifying commingled conceptions and their relations. Reading Psychology, 35(3), 260–284.
Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society. Harvard University Press.
Wolf, M. (2007). Proust and the squid: The story and science of the reading brain. HarperCollins.
Yopp, R. H., & Yopp, H. K. (2006). Informational text as read-alouds. Journal of Literacy Research, 38(1), 37–51.
