The development of reading skills in the school library: information recovery and promotion of critical reading in the digital age

Abstract

Introduction: In addition to lending books, the school library provides services to support learning and is a very important space for the school community. Objective: to analyze aspects related to reading competence in the elementary school library and to reflect on the strengthening of processes of retrieval, selection and use of information through the critical reading of informative content available in the face-to-face space and in cyberspace. Methodology: For this, an exploratory and descriptive research was carried out and, regarding the procedures, it was characterized as bibliographic and a case study. In order to support an investigation with a qualitative approach, the collection of data and the analysis of information on the subject was carried out based on practices considered relevant by school librarians and other professionals who dialogue on the subject in the Network of Studies of Competencies of the Federal University of Espirito Santo. Results: Based on the investigation, we point out that reading competence is crossed by competence in information, being essential in the stage of basic education, especially in the final years, when the student needs to critically understand the information contained in the literary, recreational, technical and educational modalities. scientific data stored in multimodal formats. Conclusion: This competence is relevant for the student to be able to combat misinformation through the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes required in the digital age since students are, for the most part, digital natives since school age, becoming a condition for obtaining the pleasure of reading.