Reading & Writing as a learning tools

Research theses
Abstract

This project explores how reading and writing function as learning tools in adolescents. The internship will examine the cognitive and socioemotional processes involved when students use literacy-based tasks to build knowledge about the world or themselves, and will contribute to the design of a small-scale study addressing gaps in educational science. The work will include a focused literature review, the development or adaptation of reading–writing tasks and instruments, and a short pilot with secondary or university students.

Keywords
Reading
Writing
Learning
Thinking
ERC sector(s)
SH Social Sciences and Humanities
Thesis supervisor
Name supervisor
Ruth Villalon
E-mail
eunice@unican.es
Department/Faculty/School/Institute/Area/Division NAME
Department of Education
Name of the host University
University of Cantabria (UC)
EUNICE partner e-mail of destination Research
area.eunice@unican.es
Country
Spain
Student profile
Thesis level
Master
PhD
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English B2
Spanish A2
Additional info
Length of the research internship
3 months
Financial support available (other than E+)
Maybe
Research interests for cooperation opportunities
We research reading and writing from a psychoeducational perspective, focusing on learning interventions, academic literacy, critical thinking and disinformation, and the socioemotional value of reading and writing