Everyone's a Criminal? Reflections on Critical Reading in the Primary Classroom |
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| Authors: | Vivienne Smith |
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| Institution: | Research Student, University College, Worcester |
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| Abstract: | Calls for children to be taught to read critically become ever louder. This article asks what teaching for critical reading might look like in the primary school. It presents accounts of two group reading lessons from a Year 3 classroom. It examines the interactions that take place: the questioning of the teachers and the responses of the children. It suggests that where children are given the power to make meaning for themselves, they are more likely to learn to read critically than those who are not. |
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| Keywords: | Critical reading guided reading group reading questioning control the power to make meaning response and responsibility |
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