Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading
Publishing trends suggest that electronic books or e-books are the future of reading. Since teacher reading attitudes influence student reading attitudes, it is important to understand patterns of e-book use among pre-service teachers. One hundred ninety-nine pre-service teachers complete an online...
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| description | Publishing trends suggest that electronic books or e-books are the future of reading. Since teacher reading attitudes influence student reading attitudes, it is important to understand patterns of e-book use among pre-service teachers. One hundred ninety-nine pre-service teachers complete an online questionnaire that queried use of e-books and paper books or p-books. While the majority of pre-service teachers expressed preference for b-books both for university study and for recreational reading, a shift in relative proportion was apparent. That is, 27% of pre-service teachers did not report a preference for p-books over e-books for recreational reading; 14% did not report a preference for p-books over e-books for university study. Teacher educators might present their students with improved e-book learning strategies, not only because digital technologies facilitate literacy but also because teachers should promote forms of literacy consistent with life after the digital revolution. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-55252017-01-30T10:46:45Z Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading Johnson, Genevieve Buck, G. Publishing trends suggest that electronic books or e-books are the future of reading. Since teacher reading attitudes influence student reading attitudes, it is important to understand patterns of e-book use among pre-service teachers. One hundred ninety-nine pre-service teachers complete an online questionnaire that queried use of e-books and paper books or p-books. While the majority of pre-service teachers expressed preference for b-books both for university study and for recreational reading, a shift in relative proportion was apparent. That is, 27% of pre-service teachers did not report a preference for p-books over e-books for recreational reading; 14% did not report a preference for p-books over e-books for university study. Teacher educators might present their students with improved e-book learning strategies, not only because digital technologies facilitate literacy but also because teachers should promote forms of literacy consistent with life after the digital revolution. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5525 ARC (Academics Research Centre) fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Johnson, Genevieve Buck, G. Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading |
| title | Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading |
| title_full | Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading |
| title_fullStr | Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading |
| title_short | Electronic books versus paper books: Pre-service teacher preference for University study and recreational reading |
| title_sort | electronic books versus paper books: pre-service teacher preference for university study and recreational reading |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5525 |