Examination of Parents’ and Teachers’ Shared Reading Activities

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine the quality of shared reading activities applied to 4-5
year old children both at home and in school. Forty-six teachers and forty-five parents from Denizli, who
were chosen by the convenience sampling method, participated voluntarily in this descriptive research
study. Structured observation method was used to gather research data. Participant parents and teachers
recorded their shared reading activities and “Structured observation form” was used to code video data. In
this form, observation items used to code the behaviors of adults and children before, during and after the
shared reading activities. As a result, the quality of teachers’ and parents’ shared reading activity was
investigated and significant differences were observed. Additionally, the results of study showed that the
participation of children when they shared the activity with their parents is less than their participation
when they shared the activity with their teachers.