Knjiga - zakladnica in vir znanja

It is difficult to estimate how much knowledge is obtainecl from different sources. But even in the age of fast development of information technologies written sources - inclucling books - are still among the most important ones. The majority of knowledge which has been gathered there for millennia is comprised in books. The author points out to the most interesting information provicled by the research Book and Readers IV: who really reads in Slovenia and how much, what influences the passion for reading, and to what extent we u se books as a source of knowledge. She also searches for answers to the following questions: Who can learn from books? Which are the most frequently used ways to find books? How do the attitude to books and reading skills influence learning? She states that regarding self-education from books one needs not only determination and motivation; one should also have enough fundamental knowledge provided by secondary or grammar school, one shou ld be able to find the relevant books and be enough self-supporting to use a book properly as well as include the new data in one's system of knowledge.Težko je presoditi, koliko znanja je človek pridobil iz katerega vira, toda tudi v času hitrega razvoja informacijskih tehnologij ostajajo med najpomembnejšimi pisni viri in med njimi knjige, v katerih je zajetega večino znanja, ki si ga je človeštvo skozi tisočletja pridobilo. Prispevek opozarja na najzanimivejše podatke raziskave Knjiga in bralci IV o tem , kdo na Slovenskem res bere in koliko, kaj vpli va na bralno zavzetost ter kako blizu so nam knjige kot vir znanja. Išče pa tudi odgovore na vprašanja, kdo se lahko uči iz knjig, katere so najpogostejše poti do knjig, kako na učenje vplivata odnos do knjig in bralna sposobnost. Ugotavlja, da je pri samostojnem učenju iz knjig poleg odločenosti in ustrezne motivacije pomembno, da ima človek dovolj temeljnega znanja, kakršnega daje srednješolska izobrazba, ela zna poiskati prave knjige ter da je dovolj samostojen, da se zna knjige prav lotiti in pridobljene podatke tudi vključiti v svoj sistem z nanja