Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes towards Reading Habit (Case of Dokuz Eylul and Pamukkale Universities)

The aim of this study is to examine the reading habit of the teacher candidates at the education faculties of Dokuz Eylul University (DEÜ) and Pamukkale University (PAÜ) in a contrastive manner. In this study, screening model being one of the descriptive research methods was used to identify the reading habit of the teacher candidates, obtain quantitative data and produce statistics related to the research topic. The population of this study is the 3rd year students at the education faculties of Dokuz Eylul and Pamukkale Universities. By choosing a certain number of classes in various departments of both faculties, a questionnaire was administered to 1832 students. In the data collection process, “Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes towards Reading Habit Scale” (TCARHS) developed by Susar Kirmizi (2012) was used. The factor coefficients of the items rang from .80 to .54. The attitudes of DEU students towards reading habit have a higher level than those of PAU students.