Read like a Demon: Football Heroes Promoting Reading to Primary School Students
2010; Volume: 23; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1839-2466
Autores Tópico(s)Education Systems and Policy
ResumoRead Like a Demon is a literacy program which offers primary school students an opportunity to participate in reading and writing workshops with Melbourne Football Club (The Demons) players, and a number of best selling children's authors. This is a partnership between the Melbourne Football Club and Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation, supported by Hardie Grant Egmont Publishers. It involves 160 students from 10 primary schools in the city of Casey. Introduced as a pilot in 2009 the program aims to celebrate children's connections with literacy, and to encourage them to read more. In 2010 the program has been extended to offer creative writing workshops. Sport and reading create a great mix - supporting such positive literacy values with sporting role models provide children with confidence and inspire a love of reading. Edited version of a paper presented at the Alia Access conference Brisbane 1-3 September 2010.
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