Estrategias didácticas que promueven el hábito de la lectura en niños de sexto grado de educación básica. Estudio de caso

Abstract

The problem of study is based on the difficulties found in the students now of reading and the scarcity of the reading habit. Children read with difficulty, do not respect punctuation, but, above all, do not understand. Its objective is focused on analyzing the didactic strategies that promote the habit of reading in children the Sixth Grade of Basic Education. A research methodology with a qualitative approach and a descriptive methodological design was used with a sample of 38 students of sixth grade "C" and three teachers belonging to an Educational Unit located in the south of Quito. The techniques and instruments used for data collection are based on participant observation with its respective field diary and the semi-structured interview together with the interview guide. The results show that reading difficulties increase due to factors such as lack of time, space, and resources, but also because reading is not encouraged from an early age and there are several distractions such as cell phones. In the findings, the authors support the importance of reading, considering that it offers possibilities for growth and the development of useful skills for insertion into society. Transforming it into a habit turns out to be the solution to many problems and it is done through didactic strategies. It is concluded by mentioning that despite the obstacles, there is a lack of interest in reading on the part of teachers