Martina Škodová, Tomáš Slávik
Developing reading literacy in teaching of geography
Číslo: 3/2018
Periodikum: Gramotnost, pregramotnost a vzdělávání
Klíčová slova: reading literacy, teaching of geography, PISA, PIRLS
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Anotace:
The subject of reading literacy is a current and frequently discussed topic of the 21st
century, and not only in Slovakia. Contact with information presented in a written form necessarily belongs to various areas of everyday human life. From the results of international studies, it
is clear that the younger generation of school-age children does not even attain the average level
in this skill. The school environment plays the most important role in terms of developing the
reading literacy of pupils and all its aspects. The main aim of the present research was to fi nd out
and compare the level of reading literacy achieved by pupils of primary and secondary schools
with the help of a geographically-oriented text. The research involved 70 pupils at the ISCED 2
and ISCED 3A levels of education. The methods of complex tasks and a cloze test were used. The
results of the research confi rmed, among other things, that the level of literacy is related to the
age and sex of pupils. In the article we also present methodological suggestions suitable for the
development of reading literacy and its testing using geographically-oriented texts.
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century, and not only in Slovakia. Contact with information presented in a written form necessarily belongs to various areas of everyday human life. From the results of international studies, it
is clear that the younger generation of school-age children does not even attain the average level
in this skill. The school environment plays the most important role in terms of developing the
reading literacy of pupils and all its aspects. The main aim of the present research was to fi nd out
and compare the level of reading literacy achieved by pupils of primary and secondary schools
with the help of a geographically-oriented text. The research involved 70 pupils at the ISCED 2
and ISCED 3A levels of education. The methods of complex tasks and a cloze test were used. The
results of the research confi rmed, among other things, that the level of literacy is related to the
age and sex of pupils. In the article we also present methodological suggestions suitable for the
development of reading literacy and its testing using geographically-oriented texts.