TTLV: Developing a reading culture for teenagers and children in the mountainous areas of Northern Vietnam.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Le Tung Son  

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: August 19, 1990

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision No. 1503/2012/QD-SDH dated August 6, 2012, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the student.

6. Changes in the training process:

7. Thesis title:Developing a reading culture for teenagers and children in the mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam.

8. Major: Information Science - Library Science Code: 60.32.02.03

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Minh Nguyet

10. Summary of the thesis results:

Reading culture is the human creativity in the act of reading, manifested in the ability to receive and decode information and knowledge in documents, and the ability to apply the knowledge gained from reading to practice, meeting the requirements of the country's socio-economic development..

With this approach, the thesis analyzed and evaluated the current state of reading culture among teenagers and children in the northern mountainous region in terms of their ability to orient themselves towards reading, their ability to acquire knowledge from materials, and their attitudes towards books and newspapers.

On the other hand, the thesis also surveyed the current state of reading culture development conditions for children and teenagers in the northern mountainous region, and based on that, proposed solutions for developing reading culture for children and teenagers in the northern mountainous region, including four main groups of solutions:

- A group of solutions to improve the quality of public library services for teenagers and children.

- A group of solutions for improving reading culture education for teenagers and children in schools.

- Group of solutions to strengthen state management

- A group of solutions aimed at strengthening coordination among all levels, sectors, and social organizations in developing a reading culture for teenagers and children in the region.

11. Practical applications:

Based on the solutions proposed in this thesis, libraries in the northern mountainous region can apply them in practice to improve the quality of library operations and meet the reading needs of teenagers and children in the northern mountainous area.

12. Future research directions:

Developing a reading culture for other target groups in the northern mountainous region.

Research aimed at improving policies for developing the public library system in the northern mountainous region.

Research on improving the operational efficiency of public libraries in the mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

State management of reading culture education for children - Proceedings of the Scientific Conference on the current situation and solutions for reading culture education for children in Hanoi City in 2014.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Le Tung Son 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: August 19, 1990 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 1503/2012/QD-SDH Dated August 6, 2014

6. Changes in academic process:

7. Official thesis title:Develop reading culture for teenagers and children in the North mountainous areas of Vietnam

8. Major: Library and Information Science 9. Code: 60.32.02.03

10. Supervisors: Ass. Prof., Dr. Tran Thi Minh Nguyet

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Reading culture is the creation of human in the reading operation which is represented by the capacity to receive and decode the information, knowledge contained in materials and their ability to apply which knowledge gained from what they read into practice to meet the requirements of economic and social development of the country.

To this approach, the thesis has analyzed and evaluated the status of teenagers' and children's reading culture in the Northern mountainous areas in terms of orientation ability to reading habit, perceiving competency of knowledge containing in document and behavior towards materials.

On the other hand, the thesis also examines the situation of reading culture development for teenagers and children in the Northern mountainous areas. Based on that, the thesis proposes solutions to develop reading culture for teenagers and children covering 04 main groups of solutions:

- To improve the quality of public library services for teenagers and children.

- To enhance the education for reading culture for teenagers and children.

- To strengthen administration management.

- To strengthen the coordination between all levels and sectors and social organizations in the development of reading culture for teenagers and children in the region.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

Based on the solutions that the thesis put forward, the Northern mountainous library can be applied into practice in order to improve the quality of library activities to meet the reading need of teenagers and children in the Northern Mountainous areas.

13. Further research directions, if any:

Develop the reading culture of different groups of library's users in the northern mountainous areas.

Look at the improvement of policies aimed at developing public library system in the northern mountainous areas.

Advanced research on the performance of public libraries in the northern mountainous areas.

14. Thesis-related publications:

Administration management on educating reading culture for teenagers and children - Conference Proceedings on the reality and solutions of reading culture education for teenagers and children in Hanoi, 2014.