PGCE Research Bites 18 - Classroom Spaces for Reading with Christy Scott

For today's PGCE Research Bite, Tom is joined by Christy Scott from PGCE Primary. Christy has carried out some research for her school about how to create classroom spaces which motivate pupils to read.

In this episode, Christy explains to Tom what she found out from her research, and the recommendations she made for her school.

You can also watch this discussion on our youtube channel at youtube.com/@cardiffpartnership

Thanks to Christy for sharing her work! You can download her infographic here.

Christy's six main sources are:

Barrett, P., Davies, F., Zhang, Y. and Barrett, L. (2015) ‘The Impact of Classroom Design on Pupils’ Learning: Final Results of a Holistic, Multi-level Analysis’, Building and Environment, 89(89), pp.118–133.

Chou, M.-J., Cheng, J.-C. and Cheng, Y.-W. (2016) ‘Operating Classroom Aesthetic Reading Environment to Raise Children’s Reading Motivation’, Universal Journal of Educational Research, 4(1), pp.81–97.

Oakley, G., Wildy, H. and Berman, Y. (2018) ‘Multimodal Digital Text Creation Using Tablets and Open-ended Creative Apps to Improve the Literacy Learning of Children in Early Childhood Classrooms’, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 20(4),

pp.655-679.

Suggate, S., Pufke, E. and Stoeger, H. (2016) ‘The Effect of Fine and Grapho-motor Skill Demands on Preschoolers’ Decoding Skill’, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 141, pp.34–48.

Campbell, S. (2021) ‘What’s Happening to Shared Picture Book Reading in an Era of Phonics First?’, The Reading Teacher, 74(6), pp.757-767.

Fisher, A.V., Godwin, K.E. and Seltman, H. (2014) ‘Visual Environment, Attention Allocation, and Learning in Young Children’, Psychological Science, 5(7), pp.1362–1370.

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Recorded in studio B2.16 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 24th March 2023