Biblioteca escolar: o despertar do interesse pela leitura nos estudantes da Escola Municipal Professor Luís Costa no contexto da educação pública

Abstract

It presents the results of research carried out on school libraries, in the municipal network of Fortaleza, with the aim of prove how the library at Escola Municipal Professor Luís Costa awakens interest in reading in children and young teenagers belonging to the school. The general objective is to understand how the awakening of a love of reading happens in students at Escola Municipal Professor Luís Costa, observing the difficulties faced in the daily life of a educational institution, seeking to demonstrate the educational potential of the library in the teaching­learning process for children and/or teenagers. The specific objectives are to know the profile of the user served by the library of Escola Municipal Professor Luís Costa; identify the reading interests of students enrolled in the aforementioned educational institution and prove that the library satisfactorily meets the reading interests os students. The methodology used involved a questionnaire applied directly to the person responsible for this library and also to participant observation by the author. The results showed a positive situation regarding how the enjoyment of reading is a factor in satisfactory learning in curricular subjects and also how children enjoy being in this environment during recess. It was found that the school’s library does not have a librarian, thus, it appears that there is a difficulty in the correct performance of activities in this space. The conclusion is that, to date, there is no interest on the part of the municipal entity in investing in public actions and policies to resolve this problem.