The educational potential of reading for building subjectivity

Authors

  • Juan Sáez Carreras Universidad de Murcia
  • Margarita Campillo Díaz Universidad de Murcia
  • José García Molina Universidad Castilla-La Mancha
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/j/202201
Keywords: Education, reading, subjectivity, literature, culture, writing, research.

Abstract

The starting point for this theoretical and empirical piece of research comes from the idea that reading in general, and literature in particular, are underlaid by a great educational potential. The hypothesis that this essay seeks to explore is whether reading contributes to training and enriching subjectivity. This essay offers the main results obtained from the research, which was articulated around the triad reading-education-subjectivity, and which is the first of this kind undertaken in Spain. Nonetheless, those Spanish studies exploring the relationship between reading-education and subjectivity will be reviewed. In so doing, the main purpose is to to find differences and also add value to what the third element, the notion of subjectivity, brings in and adds to the first two. This offers very interesting and innovative research possibilities for both formal and voluntary, non-conditioned fields of education. A questionnaire has been designed and implemented in order to obtain information from students with different qualifications as well as from adults. Its aim is to contrast the opinion of those individuals with different experiences, different qualifications and age. The discussion of the results and the conclusions of the research confirm the hypothesis that has driven the research undertaken.

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Published
21-07-2014
How to Cite
Sáez Carreras, J., Campillo Díaz, M., & García Molina, J. (2014). The educational potential of reading for building subjectivity. Educatio Siglo XXI, 32(2 Julio), 141–162. https://doi.org/10.6018/j/202201
Issue
Vol. 32 No. 2 Julio (2014): Pensamiento, aprendizaje y rendimiento: un enfoque cognitivo
Section
Artículos

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