The Power of Popularity: Leveraging the perceived ethos of popular students and student leaders to positively influence the reading habits of their peers
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Capacity Building School Libraries
| Friday, August 1, 2025 |
| 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM |
| P1 / P2 |
Overview
In this session, Jason will share activities undertaken, over the past two years, to leverage the perceived ethos and popularity of select students to positively influence the reading habits of student peers. He will share data showing how leveraging this popularity has resulted in increased borrowing and interest in specific books and genres. Jason will provide some ideas/activities that other teacher librarians can choose to adopt in their libraries to improve reading and borrowing.
Speaker
Jason Saikaly
Head of Libraries and Information Services
The Southport School
The Power of Popularity: Leveraging the perceived ethos of popular students and student leaders
