Open AccessDesigning Multiple Book Clubs to Meet the Interest of Diverse Populations
Author(s) -
Kathy Hicks-Brooks
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl7949
Subject(s) - recreation , club , reading (process) , ethnic group , mathematics education , sociology , special interest group , point of interest , geography , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , political science , anthropology , medicine , geodesy , law , anatomy , operating system
Reading for recreation has been an on-going problem for our high school so we decided to create an after-school book club. However, in large urban high schools with diverse populations, it is difficult to meet the interest of all students with one book club. In our school there are fifty-two languages represented and students from various backgrounds, ethnicities and academic abilities. Data was collected, analyzed and a question emerged. If we developed book clubs around the interest of students, would recreational reading activities increase at our high school? The following paper is what we found to be the answer.