Läsande förebilder och motiverande undervisning : En kvalitativ studie av några svensklärares sätt att arbeta med skönlitteratur för att kunna främja elevers motivation för läsning

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to find out how middle school teachers, who works in central Stockholm, work with fiction in the Swedish subject to promote the pupils’ motivation in reading fiction and what kind of materials they use to do so. This means that the study aims to investigate the teachers' perspectives in the work of promoting motivation for reading fiction. The methods used to collect material is semi-structured interviews and observations. The material in this study is collected from three teachers. The study is based on the socio-cultural perspective and the motivation theory.  The result shows that the teachers is aware of the importance to practice reading, therefore they all inform and talk to the pupils about it. The teachers perform their work in different ways, but they mostly use the same methods in teaching to increase pupils reading motivation. An example that shows the similarities and differences between the teachers is that the teachers seek support from the school librarian, but different amount of support, so that the librarian can help them find books and shape or plan teaching in a way that promotes motivation and the desire to read.   All three teachers use technical aids to access materials or the materials they have created in preparation for the lessons. However, the focus is not on the technical material itself but on the content that the teachers create by using the technical materials.