Newspapers in Education: an inquiry into the project "Kranten in de klas"

This projects evaluates the project 'Kranten in de Klas (KiK)' - Newspapers in the classroom. Schools that participate in the project receive different Flemish newspapers for two weeks. The target group corresponds mostly to high school students between 14 and 18 years of age. KiK contains ready-made and digital material for teachers to use with the newspapers. The research projects evaluates the material and the tools from an educational perspective by doing a critical inquiry into the effects of using them as teaching agents for reading.(This project represents a formal research agreement between UA and on the other hand the client. UA provides the client research results mentioned in the title of the project under the conditions as stipulated in this contract.)

Keywords:NEWSPAPER, READING PROCESS, READING SKILLS

Disciplines:Education curriculum, Education systems, General pedagogical and educational sciences, Specialist studies in education, Other pedagogical and educational sciences