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Social Habits and Promotion of Reading

Code: 42958 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
School Library and Reading Promotion OB 1

Contact

Name:
Mireia Manresa Potrony
Email:
mireia.manresa@uab.cat

Teachers

Mireia Manresa Potrony
(External) Guillem Fargas Llavina (UB) (guillemfargas@ub.edu)
(External) Júlia Baena Argudo (UB) (juliabaena@ub.edu)

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

None.


Objectives and Contextualisation

The module provides the bases for understanding and analyzing the factors that affect the configuration of the reading habits of the population as well as strategies to be able to intervene in the contexts of reading mediation. The role of the school and the library in promoting reading and the impact of reading promotion policies are identified.

 


Learning Outcomes

  1. CA09 (Competence) Adopt quality criteria for evaluating reading habits reports and reading promotion projects that are appropriate to the context.
  2. CA10 (Competence) Make proposals for the social promotion of reading in school and social contexts that consider reports on reading habits or are based on a specific prior analysis of the reading habits and attitudes of the target groups for said proposals.
  3. CA11 (Competence) Present a reading promotion or research project while justifying it based on published evidence on reading habits, attitudes, and preferences.
  4. KA12 (Knowledge) Critically describe the theoretical reflections and current debates in the field of the study of reading habits and the promotion of reading to become aware of the social and educational elements that transform reading culture and require new strategies for the promotion of reading.
  5. KA13 (Knowledge) Identify needs in relation to the skills of interpretation of different literary genres in school and social contexts within the framework of planning strategies to promote reading.
  6. SA14 (Skill) Propose fiction and non-fiction books and resources, while considering criteria on the characterisation of the socio-cultural context, the linguistic and narrative quality of the works and the reading promotion objectives pursued.
  7. SA15 (Skill) Analyse different types of data according to its qualitative or quantitative nature, such as statistics or data from interviews with readers or mediators, within the framework of studies on reading habits and reading promotion.
  8. SA16 (Skill) Develop strategies for innovation and creativity in the design of reading promotion activities based on studies of full current reading habits.

Content

The subject have two parts: 

a) Reading habits

b) Reading promotion

The contents are this ones: 

  • Sociological and ethnographic studies on reading habits: impact, results and implications.
  • Factors and contexts likely to promote reading habits: families, society and schools. The development of one’s reading identity in communities of literacy practice.
  • The construction of reading habits at schools: reader profiles and teacher’s modes of intervention.
  • The role of libraries in the promotion of reading habits: impact of the collections presented and of the range of services offered.
  • Policies for the promotion of reading habits: institutional reading plans, resources and support initiatives.
  • Actions to promote reading habits in the libraries: formats, texts and target audience.
  • The relationship of the promotion of reading with the school reading plan and the school curriculum project.
 

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Activities aimed at analysing, selecting and assessing classroom materials. 18 0.72
Type: Supervised      
Participation in online debate forums and elaboration of course assignments. 82 3.28
Type: Autonomous      
Reading the articles and materials related to the contents covered in the course. 50 2

The course combines theory and practice. Teacher-centred lessons and on-line tutorials will provide the background necessary to engage participants in the following activities:

-       Analysis of print and digital materials.

-       Elaboration and public presentation of the course assignments.

-       Resolution of cases, exercises or problems related to the course contents using ICT tools.

-       Reading and bibliographic debate in the classroom or in virtual forums.

Note: 15 minutes of a class will be reserved, within the calendar established by the center/degree, for students to complete the surveys to evaluate the performance of the teaching staff and to evaluate the subject/module.

 

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Attendance and active participation in the face-to-face and virtual classrooms. 10% 0 0 CA09, SA15
Design of a reading promotion strategy (primary or secondary school) based on given texts: literary conversation and activities to encourage reading 40% 0 0 CA10, CA11, KA13, SA14, SA16
Participation in an online book club about childre'ns and teenager's books 10% 0 0 KA13, SA14, SA16
Writing a reflective text about the construction of reading habits in mediation contexts 40% 0 0 KA12

 

The assessment will be based on the activities submitted that will be commented on by the professor.
The activities that count for 40% will be submitted once the module is completed. The rest, during its development.
Participation in the forums and in the classroom will also be taken into account. The activities must make use of the readings of each topic.
There will also be mandatory activities between sessions and without a grade.
In order to be eligible for continuous assessment, the student must present and pass 80% of the activities. Otherwise, it will be considered Not presented.
The professor will return the evaluation activities in a period not exceeding 20 working days of the academic calendar.

 

Recovery
Reassessment is only allowed if the overall grade for both blocks is between 3.5 and 4.9.
Unapproved assignments may be resubmitted if the grade can be recovered fifteen days after receiving the first grade. A report of the changes made will be added.


Single assessment
It will consist of the following activities and with the percentages indicated in each case:
- Design of a reading promotion strategy for primary and secondary schools based on specific texts: literary conversation and reading animation activities: 30%
- Writing a reflective text on the construction of reading habits in mediation contexts: 30%
- Assessment interview: 40%
Deadline: one month after finishing the subject. Recovery will be allowed fifteen days after receiving the grade.

Plagiarism and use of AI
The performance of a test or assessment work that involves copying or plagiarizing written or electronic material is considered an irregularity and as such is graded with a 0 (Regulations governing the teaching plans of the subjects and the evaluation and grading of learning. Article 16.7 and annex).
Work carried out with Artificial Intelligence isnot allowed unless expressly notified by the teacher, and its use will be treated as plagiarism. Recording classes with any means, neither visual nor sound, is not allowed.


Bibliography

Books

Arizpe, E.; Cliff-Hodges, G (eds.). (2018). Young People Reading. Empirical Research Across International Contexts. Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Rouledge: 123-136.

Asta, G.; Federighi, P. (eds.) (2000). El público y la biblioteca: metodologías para la difusión de la lectura. Gijón: Trea. 

Baró, M.; Mañà, T. (2009). Estudi sobre les accions de foment de la lectura a les biblioteques públiques de Catalunya. [informe encomanat per la Direcció General de Cooperació Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya]. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Observatori sobre Biblioteques, Llibres i Lectura. En línia: <http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/bitstream/2445/27426/1/Estudi_foment_lectura.pdf>.

Baró, M.; Aliagas, C.; Gorchs, G. (2013). Com crear un ambient lector a l'escola? Barcelona: Fundació Jaume Bofill. En línia: http://www.fbofill.cat/intra/fbofill/documents/publicacions/575.pdf 

Baudelot, C.; Cartier, M.; Detrez, C. (1999). Et pourtant ils lisent… Paris: Seuil.

Clark, C. Informes sobre hàbits de lectura del National Literacy Trust (Anglaterra). En línia: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/research/nlt_research

Chartier, R. (dir.) (1985). Pratiques de la lecture. París: Editions Rivages. 

Chartier, A.M.; Hebrard, J. (1994). Discursos sobre la lectura (1880-1980) . Barcelona: Gedisa.

Colilles; M; Juan, A. & Roig, M. (2024). La lectura literària a infantil. Orientacions per a l'ensenyament de la literatura. Departament d'Educació. En línia: https://repositori.educacio.gencat.cat/handle/20.500.12694/5709#page=1 

Colomer, T. (2008). "Entre la normalitat i el desinterès: els hàbits lectors dels adolescents". A: T. Colomer (coord.). Lectures adolescents. Barcelona: Graó, 19-57.

Colomer, T. (2007). Andar entre libros. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Colomer, T.; Manresa, M. (2008). "Lectures adolescents: entre la llibertat i la prescripció". A: Mirades i veus: recerca sobre l’educació lingüística i literària en entorns plurilingües. Barcelona: Graó

Court, J. (ed.) (2011). Read to succeed: strategies to engage children and young people in reading for pleasure. London: Facet.

Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (2008). De la tradición oral a la sociedad de la información: prácticas y tendencias actuales de la lectura. México.

Departament d'Educació. Servei de Suports i Recursos Lingüístics (2024). "L'hàbit lector i el temps de lectura a l'educació secundària". Dossier en línia: https://repositori.educacio.gencat.cat/handle/20.500.12694/5844#page=1 

DDAA. (2013). La lectura en un centre educatiu. Saber llegir, llegir per aprendre, gust per llegir. Barcelona: Departament d'Ensenyament. En línia: http://www20.gencat.cat/docs/Educacio/Home/Departament/Publicacions/Monografies/Lectura/La_lectura_en_un_centre_educatiu.pdf 

Durán, C.; Manresa, M. (2008). “Entre països: l’acció educativa al nostre entorn”. A: T. Colomer (dir.), Lectures adolescents. Barcelona: Graó. (també en castellà) En línia: http://gretel.cat/ 

Elkin, J. (2003). Reading and reader development: the pleasure of reading.London: Facet. 

Gagnon-Roberge, S. (2019) Despertar el placer por la lectura. Narcea: Madrid. 

Gonçalves Da Silva, F. (2018). La nostalgia del vacío: la lectura como espacio de pertenencia en los adolescentes. Zaragoza: Pantalia Publicaciones. 

Gómez Soto, I. (1999). Mito y realidad de la lectura. Madrid: Endymion.

Jover, G. (2007). Un món per llegir. Educació, adolescents i literatura. Barcelona: Rosa Sensat [existeix edició en castellà a Octaedro]

Juan, A. & Reyes, L. (2024): La lectura literària a primària. Orientacions per a l'ensenyament de la literatura. Departament d'Educació. En línia: https://repositori.educacio.gencat.cat/handle/20.500.12694/5710#page=1 

Lahire, B. (2004). Sociología de la lectura. Barcelona: Gedisa.

Leveratto, J.-M. (2008). Internet et la sociabilité littéraire. París: bibliothèque publique d’information / Centre Pompidou.

Manresa, M. (2013). L'univers lector adolescent. Dels hàbits de lectura a la intervenció educativa. Barcelona: Rosa Sensat.

Manresa, M.; Real, N. (eds.) (2015). Digital Literature for Children: Texts, Readers and Educational Practices. “Recherches comparatives sur les livres et le multimédia d’enfance” Vol. 9. Bruxelles, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien: Peter Lang. 

Manresa, M. (coord.); Delgado, R.; Margallo, A. M.; Verdaguer, T. & Vilà, M. (2024). La lectura literària a ESO i Batxillerat. Orientacions per a la lectura guiada. Departament d'Educació. En línia: https://repositori.educacio.gencat.cat/handle/20.500.12694/5711#page=1 

Millán, José Antonio (coord.) (2017). La lectura en España: informe 2017.  Madrid: Federación de Gremios de Editores de España.

Miret, I.; Baró, M.; Dussel, I.; Mañà, T. Huellas de un viaje. Trayectorias y futuros de las bibliotecas escolares en Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Xunta de Galicia[en línia/en línea/online]. 

Munita, Felipe (2021). Yo, mediador(a). Mediación y formación de lectores. Barcelona: Octaedro

Petit, M. (1999). Nuevos acercamientos a los jóvenes y la lectura.México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Rouxel, A. (2005). Lectures cursives: quel accopagnement? París: Delagrave Edition / CRDP Midi-Pyrénées.

Sarland, C. (2003). La lectura en los jóvenes: cultura y respuesta. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Ramírez Leyva, E. M. (coord.) (2008). La biblioteca pública y la formación de lectores en la sociedad de la información: memoria.  México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 

 
 
 

 

 

 

Articles

Aliagas, C.; Manresa, M. i Vilà, M. (2011). Què llegeixen els “no-lectors”?. Articles de Didàctica de la Llengua i de la Literatura 53 (Monogràfic: Què llegeixen els “no lectors”?), 7-11. 

Aliagas, C. (2011). Llegir en temps de lleure. Estudi de cas d’una colla d’adolescents amb el virus de la desafecció lectora. Articles de Didàcticade la Llengua i de la Literatura 53 (Monogràfic: Què llegeixen els “no lectors”?), 45-57.

Aliagas, C.; Castellà, J. M.;  Cassany, D. (2009). Aunquelea poco, yo sé que soy listo. Estudio de caso de un adolescente que no lee literatura. Ocnos 5, 97-112.

Casas Poves, J.; Ventura, N. (2011). La promoció de la lectura a les biblioteques públiques. Anuari de l'Observatori de Biblioteques, Llibres i Lectura. 2010-2011, 129-141. En línia:http://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuariObservatori/article/view/262533

Cencerrado, M. (2014). Nuevos modelos de promoción de la lectura. Biblogtecarios. En línia: https://www.biblogtecarios.es/lmcencerrado/nuevos-modelos-de-promocion-de-la-lectura/

Daura i Jorba, A. (2017). La promoció de la lectura a les llibreries de Catalunya (2016/17). Anuari de l'Observatori de Biblioteques, Llibres i Lectura. En línia: https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuariObservatori/article/view/348141

Díaz-Plaja, A.; Cosials, À. (2011). La promoció de la lectura a l'escola. Anuari de l'Observatori de Biblioteques, Llibres i Lectura. 2010-2011, 142-151. En línia:http://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuariObservatori/article/view/262536

Lluch, G.; Sánchez-García, S. (2017). La promoción de la lectura: un análisis crítico de los artículos de investigación. Revista Española de Documentación Científica, vol.,40, núm. 4. En línia: http://redc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/redc/article/view/996/1554 

Manresa, M. (2011). Retrat del lector literari feble: del desert a l'oasi de lectura. Articles de Didàctica de la Llengua i la Literatura 53,12-24. 

Manresa, M. (2009). El hábito lector a través de lavoz adolescente: de la vida al texto. Lectura y vida (revista latinoamericana de lectura), 30 (4), 32-42

Manresa, M. (2009). Lecturas juveniles: el hábito lector dentro y fuera de las aulas. Textos deDidáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura 51, 44-54.

Manresa, M. (2010). Los buenos lectores como minoría: una falsa élite. 32è congrés Internacional de l'IBBY.  Santiago de Compostela, 8-12 de setembre. En línia: http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=1123&L=3

Manresa, M.; Margallo, A. M. (2016). Prácticas de lectura en red: exploración de blogs literarios adolescentes. Catalejos. Revista sobre lectura, formación de lectores y literatura para niños, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 3, 51-69. En línia: <http://fh.mdp.edu.ar/revistas/index.php/catalejos/article/view/1985>.

 Manresa, M. (2020). Lectura autònoma i lectura guiada. Apunts per a una actualització en aules i biblioteques. Dossier Departament d’Educació: Apunts per a la biblioteca escolar: 13-21. En línia: https://repositori.educacio.gencat.cat/bitstream/handle/20.500.12694/1175/be21_apunts_per_biblioteca_escolar_2020.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 

Mañà, T.; Agustí, L.; Barrios, T.; Ventura, N.; Villarroya, A. (2011). La promoció de la lecturaa Catalunya (2008-2009). Anuari de l'Observatori de Biblioteques, Llibres i Lectura. 2010-2011, p.71-87. En línia: http://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuariObservatori/article/view/209618

Ramos Revillas, A. (2015). Contra "una" promoción de la lectura. Letraslibres. En línia: https://www.letraslibres.com/mexico-espana/contra-una-promocion-la-lectura 

Villarroya, A. (2017). Estudis i recerca sobre edició i hàbits lectors a Catalunya (2016-17). Anuari de l'Observatori de Biblioteques, Llibres i Lectura. En línia:https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuariObservatori/article/view/353622 

 


Software

None. 

 

Groups and Languages

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