Promoting Reading: Using eBooks with Gifted and Advanced Readers

Weber, Christine L.; Cavanaugh, Terence

doi:10.4219/gct-2006-9

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“…This new digital literacy becomes more accessible as people mainly use ebook applications with various portable tools, such as tablets, ipads, and ebook readers (Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble NOOK; Lee, 2017). According to Weber and Cavanaugh (2006), an ebook is an electronic publication that provides multimedia features, including pictures, animation, sound, music, video, and hyperlinks, and which can be viewed on desktop computers, laptop computers, and portable devices.…”

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Digital Reading and the Concept of Ebook: Metaphorical Analysis of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding the Concept of Ebook

Öztürk

2021

Sage Open

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The aim of this study was to determine the metaphorical perceptions of preservice Turkish teachers (PTTs) regarding the concept of ebook. In accordance with this aim, answers to the questions of “What are the metaphors used by PTTs for the concept of e-book?” and “Under which categories could the metaphors used by PTTs for the concept of e-book be collected?” were sought. A total of 150 preservice teachers studying in the Faculty of Education, Turkish Education Department at Çukurova University, constituted the participants of the research designed according to the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods. A semi-structured interview form was used as data collection tool. Data were analyzed using the content analysis technique. As a result of the study, it was determined that eight categories emerged from the metaphors produced by PTTs for ebook and that they mostly had positive meanings. These categories are, namely, facilitating, information source, accessible, portable, requirement, inadequate, attractive, and harmful. PTTs mostly produced metaphors for ebook in the facilitating category. It was followed by the information source and accessible categories. It was determined that some PTTs produced negative metaphors for ebooks, and these negative metaphors were collected under the inadequate and harmful categories.

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Digital Reading and the Concept of Ebook: Metaphorical Analysis of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding the Concept of Ebook

Öztürk

2021

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“…Стицањем читалачких навика формирају се појединци са развијеном навиком да уче, какви су неопходни у друштву знања. Надареним читаоцима сматрају се они који показују склоност ка читању још од дечијег доба, деца која су рано научила да читају, која добро читају и која показују интересовање за неке одређене теме на које наилазе током читања (Weber and Cavanaugh 2006).…”

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“…Промене у начину читања које су донеле електронске књиге јесте у томе што оне омогућавају бољу интеракцију између корисника, текста и дигиталног окружења (Weber and Cavanaugh 2006). Читаоци се опредељују за електронске књиге и из разлога што је њихово коришћење поједностављено: у једном уређају за читање књига у електронском формату може се сачувати велики број књига и понети са собом.…”

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Зашто Је Важно Читати: Има Ли Разлога За Нечитање?

Станчић¹

2017

Научна Конференција Библиоинфо — 55 Година Од Покретања Наставе Библиотекарства На Високошколском Нивоу, Београд 18. Мај 2017.

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У раду се сагледава процес читања као начин задовољења културних потреба човека и као средство учења и сазнавања. Разматрају се позитивне и негативне стране читања. Предмет интересовања аутора је и улога библиотека у развијању и неговању читалачких навика. Део рада посвећен је променама у процесу читања које су настале као природан резултат процеса развијања нових технологија.

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“…Many authors claim that e-books can be effectively used for promotion of reading (Weber and Cavanaugh, 2006) and information literacy for children of school age (Schiemann, 2016). Thanks to the Internet the books are nowadays available more than ever and it is considered that this can contribute to the "production" of readers who will read different types of publications (Pettigrew, 2015) and the increase of overall reading public.…”

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E-books and New Dimension of Reading

Nedeljkov¹

2016

Infotheca

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Technology development contributed to everyday growth of e-books. Access to e-books is provided by editors and distributors of electronic editions, for free or in return for payment. In Serbia there are a couple of editors that are publishing e-books and the increase of digital libraries that provide access to e-books is also notable. E-books can be read on computers, laptops, tablets and smart phones, but e-book readers are the most suitable for longer reading. Easy access, availability 24 hours a day, efficiency in terms of cost and space and other advantages of e-books have contributed to the increase of the reading public.

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Promoting Reading: Using eBooks with Gifted and Advanced Readers

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Digital Reading and the Concept of Ebook: Metaphorical Analysis of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding the Concept of Ebook

Digital Reading and the Concept of Ebook: Metaphorical Analysis of Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding the Concept of Ebook

Зашто Је Важно Читати: Има Ли Разлога За Нечитање?

E-books and New Dimension of Reading

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