Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?

This paper discusses one part of the findings of a study that was aimed at exploring Malaysian primary school boys' and girls' literacy achievement. In this part of the study, the perceptions of the Bahasa Malaysia teachers were sought as to whether the boys and girls had different attitud...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati, Abdullah, Hazlina
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/13/62355_Boys%20and%20girls%20as%20readers.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/7/62355_Boys%20and%20girls%20as%20readers_scopus.pdf
_version_ 1848785830119735296
author Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
author_facet Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
author_sort Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
description This paper discusses one part of the findings of a study that was aimed at exploring Malaysian primary school boys' and girls' literacy achievement. In this part of the study, the perceptions of the Bahasa Malaysia teachers were sought as to whether the boys and girls had different attitudes toward reading. Data in this qualitative study were gathered from focus group interviews with Malaysia teachers, as well as from the teachers' reflections or journal entries that documented their personal perceptions, ways of dealing with students, and their suggestions on teaching boys and girls. The findings suggest that the teachers were generally aware of the difference in the attitudes of boys and girls toward reading, but do not employ specific teaching strategies to address the issue.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T16:59:22Z
format Article
id iium-62355
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T16:59:22Z
publishDate 2017
publisher American Scientific Publishers
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling iium-623552021-06-29T03:22:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/ Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think? Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati Abdullah, Hazlina L Education (General) This paper discusses one part of the findings of a study that was aimed at exploring Malaysian primary school boys' and girls' literacy achievement. In this part of the study, the perceptions of the Bahasa Malaysia teachers were sought as to whether the boys and girls had different attitudes toward reading. Data in this qualitative study were gathered from focus group interviews with Malaysia teachers, as well as from the teachers' reflections or journal entries that documented their personal perceptions, ways of dealing with students, and their suggestions on teaching boys and girls. The findings suggest that the teachers were generally aware of the difference in the attitudes of boys and girls toward reading, but do not employ specific teaching strategies to address the issue. American Scientific Publishers 2017-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/13/62355_Boys%20and%20girls%20as%20readers.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/7/62355_Boys%20and%20girls%20as%20readers_scopus.pdf Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati and Abdullah, Hazlina (2017) Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think? Advanced Science Letters, 23 (8). pp. 7549-7552. ISSN 1936-6612 E-ISSN 1936-7317 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/asp/asl/2017/00000023/00000008/art00136 10.1166/asl.2017.9519
spellingShingle L Education (General)
Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?
title Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?
title_full Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?
title_fullStr Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?
title_full_unstemmed Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?
title_short Boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?
title_sort boys and girls as readers: what do the teachers think?
topic L Education (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/13/62355_Boys%20and%20girls%20as%20readers.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/62355/7/62355_Boys%20and%20girls%20as%20readers_scopus.pdf