Browsing by Author "Hagelberg, Emmi"

In this study I have looked into the reading attitudes, reading motivation and appreciation of reading of Finnish children and adolescents in the 2010s. I have researched the state of Finnish comprehensive school students’ reading attitudes, reading motivation and appreciation of reading, as well as elements contributing to them. I have used six studies from the 2010s as sources fot my research. From these sources I extracted and compiled information on the state of Finnish school students’ reading attitudes, reading motivation and appreciation of reading, and on the factors that affect them. These factors were grouped under six themes. According to this study the reading attitudes, reading motivation and appreciation of reading of Finnish children and adolescents could be improved. Parents play an important role, as do other role models. It is possible that schools haven’t succeeded in making reading interesting or relevant for students. There have been attempts to improve students’ eagerness to read, but these have mostly worked on those students who already read to some extent, whereas those who read the least have proven very challenging to motivate in reading.