READING AND LEISURE TIMES ACTIVITY HABITS OF PRESERVICE TEACHERS

Abstract

Reading has an undeniable importance in human life. The reading habits of teachers who educate future generations are extremely important in their education as weel as in their professional lives. In this study, we aimed to determine preservice teachers' reading habits, leisure time activities and reading motivations. In this context, reading was taken in a broader sense that includes reading of new technological materials and environments besides traditional materials. According to the results of the research preservice teachers could be classified as –genrally- aliteratetype reader and they don’t have the habit of using libraries. Students read technological tools and environments every day, while the usage ofbooks and traditional reading materials is relatively small. Some suggestions proposed at the end; such as, the technological progress to be taken into consideration while developing the habit of reading and reading traditional materials should be handled with technology together not as contestant.

Keywords

• while the usage ofbooks and traditional reading materials is relatively small. Some suggestions proposed at the end; such as
• Reading
• Reading Habits
• Library
• Preservice Teacher