Date of Award

4-1929

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Education

First Advisor

George E. Vander Beke

Abstract

Recent investigations in reading have shown us the need for adaptation of methods to the needs of modern social life, and the broadening of the school curriculum. The National committee on Reading has adopted three major objectives of reading.

The first of these is to give rich and varied experience in reading. Since reading aims to prepare a child to live a fuller and more intelligent life, early reading should aid in establishing a good fund of information, and thereby should broaden his interests and help him to understand and interpret future situations. Care in selection of materials will help to give the child a wholesome attitude and a rich fund of information.

The second major objective is to establish strong motives for and permanent interests in reading. Since school systems spend so many millions of dollars each year in teaching pupils to read, it seems essential that permanent interests be established so as to retain the benefit of all this training, and that the development of these interests begin as soon as the child learns to read.

The third general objective is the establishing of desirable attitudes and economical and effective habits and skills. In the early stages of reading and in the planning of diagnostic and remedial work, these must be carefully considered in order to insure progress. Four main groups have been classified in regard to reading habits common to all reading situations.

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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