Abstract:

Many factors that affect each other have an impact on the development of the reading literacy. Classroom and school climate are according to the Doležalová (2005) important preconditions that help to develop reading literacy at school. Teachers have a chance to influence the classroom climate for example with the right choice of the teaching methods. Reading literacy is nowadays one of the main educational aims for each pupil. It becomes one of the interests of the Czech School Inspectorate (CSI). According to the new methodology, inspectors of the CSI visit schools to control if the schools are prepared and equipped for the development of the reading literacy and if they create thought-provoking environments for the development of the reading literacy and positive reading climate. For this reason, we will deal in this contribution with the influence of the classroom and the school climate on the reading literacy in the Czech environment. By means of sociometric questionnaires for pupils of the Czech primary schools we are going to find out to which extent classroom and school climate affect them. We are going to use a semi-structured interview to ask teachers and parents about their attitude towards issues like this. The main aim is to find out what role the classroom and school climate play in the development of the reading literacy of pupils in middle childhood.

Keywords:

Reading literacy, classroom climate, school climate, primary school.