Open AccessThe Researcher's Perspective: The Purpose of Education, Free Voluntary Reading, and Dealing with The Impact Of Poverty
Author(s) -
Stephen Krashen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
school libraries worldwide
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2816-3788
pISSN - 1023-9391
DOI - 10.29173/slw6901
Subject(s) - reading (process) , perspective (graphical) , poverty , meaning (existential) , functional illiteracy , pedagogy , psychology , sociology , political science , visual arts , law , art , psychotherapist
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." Pablo Picasso. As we mature, we find our unique talents and interests, develop them, and discover how to use them to help others. Among the ways school can help in this process is to encourage free voluntary reading, an extremely pleasant activity. This cannot happen, however, without access to books and other reading material. Unfortunately, children of poverty have little access to books: Often, their only source of books is the library.