Webinar: The benefits of Reading for Pleasure, with Professor Sarah McGeown

This is a pre-recorded webinar from The University of Edinburgh's Professor Sarah McGeown, sharing research and project insights on the benefits of reading for pleasure, drawing direct links to the Reading Schools programme. Sarah McGeown is Professor of Literacy (Psychology & Education) at Moray House School of Education and Sport.

This session is targeted at senior education leaders, learning professionals and those wishing to learn more about the importance of reading for pleasure, how it can be incorporated into school-based reading cultures and the benefits this can have across places of learning.

We recommend watching this session and downloading the presentation below to explore the content in more detail. The presentation slide deck can be found below as a PDF, containing live hyperlinks taking you directly to the corresponding pages and resources.

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Further resources

• Key area: 1.2.4 Staff Development(this will open in a new window)
• Webinar: School Improvement Planning with Reading Schools(this will open in a new window)
• Article: Why you should include Reading Schools in your improvement plans(this will open in a new window)
• Resource: Our Introducing Reading Schools to your colleagues presentation template(this will open in a new window)
• Resource: Our Introduction to Reading Schools assembly presentation template(this will open in a new window)
• Resource: Our Attitude Survey Templates(this will open in a new window)
• Resource: Our Action Planning Tools for the Reading Leadership Group (Primary)(this will open in a new window)