Perception of change on the attitude and skills of children participating in «La hora del cuento» Percepción de cambio sobre la actitud y las habilidades de los niños participantes en «La hora del cuento»

Abstract

The aim of this research is to describe the perception of change noticed by parents in the attitudes and skills of children participating in «La hora del cuento» reading club at Ean University, developed within the framework of the social project Emotional and Ethical Development (SEED). For this research, we carried out a qualitative descriptive study, by using a strategy of analysis of emerging categories. The research proposal used a representative sample of 30 children who took part, together with their parents and companions, in La hora del cuento project, whose characteristic of inclusion consisted in belonging to the extended community of relatives and friends of people linked to the Ean University. The information was collected by means of a survey applied to the parents of children participating in the reading-aloud activity, containing open-and-closed questions that yielded relevant information on the changes that they recognize in their children. The survey showed that parents noticed significant changes in both their children’s skills and attitudes, supported by comments in favor of their children’s improvement, allowing us to identify that the read-aloud proposal benefited the participants and had a positive response, so it is an indication that motivates further research on reading-aloud.