The aim of the study is to present empirical results of a content analysis of didactic apparatus reading books designed for pupils in primary schools in terms of its progress towards the fulfillment of direct pupils work with artistic texts in reading books. In the first part of the study we pointed out the specific role of reading books in developing the concept esthetic-educational school literary education. The second part is devoted to literary theory, literary-didactic and curriculum bases of the research. The third part describes the current state of knowledge in the field of research on reading books. The fourth section presents the research methodology; the research sample included two comprehensive textbook series (in total 8 reading books for 2nd to 5th grade of primary school), consisted of 3450 questions, themes and suggestions for activities for the pupils’ work. The fifth part presents the results of research that highlighted some common tendencies and differences between compared reading books. We found that the work of pupils with artistic text (through didactic apparatus included in reading books) is most evident in reading book for 4th grade and least for the 2nd grade of primary school. The results show that the representation of the different areas of artistic text in researched reading books is not various. The didactic apparatus of reading books is dominated by such questions, themes and suggestions for activities that aim at topic and meaning of artistic text. Based on the results presented in the conclusion of the study we offer recommendations for creating reading books.
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