A Study Of The Difference Between Laian Urban And Rural Primary Students’ Reading Literacy Under The Horizon Of Knowledge Gap

In modern society, the press、radio、television、internet and the other mass media has become an important part of people’s daily life. It is generally believed that the popularity of the media will improve the conditions of knowledge dissemination and promote the cultural level of whole society, narrowing the gap between various social strata and groups, finally achieve educational equity. But the fact is that the development of basic education in China is extremely unfair, it’s not only in developed areas, in underdeveloped areas, the unfair is also very clear.In today’s society, the gap between urban and rural is not only the problem of inequality in the dissemination of information. The disparity of access to information, eventually leading to the inequality of wealth、benefits、status. An important task of education is to narrow the gaps. Reading is the only way for primary students learns to change their life, and reading literacy is the foundation of all learning. Children’s cognitive ability is not much difference in the physical, with the impact of the school and family environment, children’s personality development will lead every child’s reading behavior differences. This difference will finally affect their adult social status.In this paper, the study of reading literacy is used as the entry point, mainly on the existence of similarities and differences on reading behavior between urban and rural area students, the existence of the knowledge gap phenomenon. Through the questionnaire、personal interviews on the two areas of student’s reading behavior, analysis the reason of the reading gap between city and country areas and to propose a solution.The text is divided into six chapters. The first chapter introduces the source of the topic and the theoretical and practical significance. The second chapter concluded the reading situation of primary students from Laian urban and rural though statistical analysis of primary school students reading literacy questionnaire, which included quantity of books, the time and content of the extracurricular reading. Further summary the different between the primary students form Laian urban and rural in the respect of reading habits, reading Purposes and reading ability. The third and fourth chapters are the main content in the thesis, the third chapter analysis the point if the "knowledge gap" exists objectively, we get the conclusions that the "knowledge gap" exist inevitably in the primary students from Laian urban and rural. There is an apparent gap between the primary students from Laian urban and rural in reading quality and quantity. However, the reading of the urban and rural areas "knowledge gap" is not absolute though the reading literacy questionnaire, personal motivation and attitudes fetch up for the urban and rural reading "knowledge gap" to some extent. The fourth chapter elaborates on the reason for the existence of the knowledge gap of urban and rural. Author believe that family education, school environment, and the personal qualities decided the "knowledge gap", the interaction and coordination of family、school、society, is the conditions and guarantees to narrow the primary school reading literacy gap. The fifth Chapter make recommendations on how to narrow the reading "knowledge gap". Author affirmed the effort for the construction of educational infrastructure in rural areas and balanced by Laian, but also pointed out the shortcomings in their primary school reading education, hoped that reading activities can fetch up knowledge gap. The sixth chapter is not only a summary of the text, but also the reflection of the inadequacies of this study.