Developing Positive Attitudes towards Reading Literature and the Role of School Library: An Application in Greek Secondary Education

The paper presents an educational approach of modern literature in a student reading group based on cross-curricular principles and it attempts to propose a specific framework for reorganizing teaching goals and methods with the aim to promote School Library as an educational tool. The lesson plan was implemented in a Model Junior High School of Attica in the second term of the 2019-2020 school year and concerns a reading community of adolescent readers. It is a form of educational application of literary theories and involves collaborative writing and creative expression during a dialogic reading of a whole novel in the School Library. The design is based on the connection of the teaching of literature in the classroom and its expansion in the educational environment of a library, even with the deficiencies observed in Greek School Libraries. The paper supports a more holistic approach of literature in secondary education, applying creative reading and writing techniques. The results of the approach reveal the extent to which enhancing the recreational nature of reading fosters reading motivation in young readers. In addition, it highlights the contribution of the School Library to the cultivation of a more positive attitude of students towards the literature.