Gender stereotypes around reading may be holding boys back in the classroom, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Inclusive Education.
In what is described as an ‘unexpected’ and ‘significant’ finding, fiction is the most favoured reading genre for schoolboys compared with non-fiction, comics and magazines.
Well over half (57%) of the boys said they liked fiction or story books ‘a lot’ according to research based on more than 300 pupils aged from seven to eight in Australia. [Read more…] about Study finds boys’ dislike for reading fiction is actually fiction!
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