Educational Innovation: Reading Meaning and Sense

In recent years concern about Mexican reading
habits has increased. Statistics show short reading interest;
an average Mexican reads 3.8 books a year [1]. As teachers,
reading habits are important and reflect students' skills and
academic performances. Many teachers would complain
about students reading habits; it is considered to be
non-existent. Teachers might say "students neither read nor
write." Students lend and borrow books; questions rely on
what are students reading? How do students understand what
they know? A survey was carried out on a random sample of
students from "Centro de Estudios Científicos y
Tecnológicos" (CECyT) campus 11 "Wilfrido Massieu" and
campus 15 "Diódoro Antúnez Echegaray" belonging to
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), to know readings and
motivations. Quantitative methodologies with an exploratory
range were applied. Results; students mostly read books
from which North American movies based on, best and long
seller books and pdf formats. A workshop was brought about,
four sessions per month, to discuss each book, themes, and
students' perceptions. Monitors were teachers from different
areas and school subjects. Teacher's prejudices interfered on
student's discussions and opinions. Reading is a complicated
process; it is developed from previous stages. Resume doing,
as the primary objective, impedes students from
comprehending all information