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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics ScholarshipThis article discusses Super Bodies: Comic Book Illustration, Artistic Styles, and Narrative Impact by Jeffrey A.Brown (University of Texas Press, 2023). The book covers six modern artistic styles prevalent in American superhero comics, as well as ...
Ryan L Johnson
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Creating an Authentic Experience
The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2019 While working as production assistants for the National Network of Equitable Library Service (NNELS), an organization that creates and shares accessible versions of books to people with print disabilities, we were tasked with a challenging request from a
Rachel Sarah Osolen, Leah Brochu
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Children Reading Fiction Books Because They Want To [PDF]
This paper investigates the reading of fiction books by 15-year-olds in 18 OECD countries.It appears that girls fiction books more often than boys, whereas boys read comic books more often than girls.The intensity by which children read fiction books is ...
Ours, J.C. van
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The Death of Superman: Superheroes in Contemporary Hollywood [PDF]
, 2015 For my undergraduate honors thesis, I propose a study on the evolution of Superman and Batman as superheroes in America over the course of the past century, ultimately leading to the creation of the comic book movie genre in contemporary cinema.
Shaw, Corey
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Indian spooks: What Hindi Comic Books Readers Are Afraid of
Politeja, 2019 The comic book industry in India began in 1950. Back then leading American comic books like The Phantom, Flash Gordon and Rip Kirby started to be published in India and translated into local languages.
Marcin Ciemniewski
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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2020 With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Comic Books, edited by Susan E. Kirtley, Antero Garcia, and Peter E. Carlson, University Press of Mississippi, 243 pages, 2020, ISBN 9781496826046 This article reviews With Great Power Comes ...
Lee Skallerup Bessette
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A One-In-A-Billion Chance : The Transformative Effect of Stan Lee and Spider-Man on American Popular Culture [PDF]
, 2015 The body of research from scholarly sources on the history of comic books contends that Stan Lee’s original run of The Amazing Spider-Man influenced American culture in a generic sense, but little has been written on the specific ways the comic ...
Bateman, Jon
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Beyond the phonics debate: Blending code and context in classroom reading instruction
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This mixed‐methods study adds to the body of knowledge around current reported practices of teachers of reading in the early years of schooling in Australia. It provides a comprehensive analysis of 254 teachers' practices and perspectives as reported by the study participants.
Rachelle Naidu +2 more
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