Literatura popularna w zasobach bibliotek gimnazjalnych
Popular literature in lower-secondary school libraries

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents selected aspects of the research project Teaching Polish language and literature in lower-secondary school in the light of the new core curriculum, carried out by the Educational Research Institute in 2013, concerning the issue of popular literature collections most frequently read by teenagers, in lower-secondary school libraries. The survey covered a random sample of 73 librarians and 60 lower-secondary schools from five voivodeships. The percentage of schools that do not have collections of this kind, have fewer or more than 100 books in the categories of popular literature identified by Zofia Zasacka, and the percentage of students who borrow these books are presented in the research report. About 10% of lower-secondary school libraries have diverse collections, attractive for their readers. Paradoxically, the most popular reading among boys, i.e. fantastic literature with adult characters, is also the most poorly represented in the libraries.

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