Determining Reading Interests And Habits Of Candidate Teachers (TRNC Sample)

Abstract

The aim of this research is to investigate reading habits and interests of students in the faculties of education. The study is a descriptive undertaking in the scanning model. The sample of the study was chosen from students studying in universities in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Determined by the convenience sampling method, a total of 317 students with 62.80% girls (n=199) and 37.20% boys (n=118) constitute the population of the study. “Reading Interests Scale (RIS)” and “Reading Habit Questionnaire Adults Form (RHQ-A) that were developed by Dökmen (1994) and personal information form were used as a data collecting tool. In the analysis of the data, f-test, t-test, Chi-square test and Scheffe techniques were used. The level of statistical significance was accepted as .05 in the study. As a result of the research, it was determined that reading interests of the students are at medium level (=59.675+8.687) and it was determined that there is a meaningful differentiation according to gender (t=2.876; p<.05) and socio economic level (F=8.173; p<.05). In addition reading habit of the students was determined very low. In this context, requirement of development of reading habits and interest of the students was determined.