An Investigation Of Teachers’ Attitudes And Behaviors Towards Reading Books During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The act of reading, which is described as the most noble of passions and the most noble work of the mind, takes its place as one of the most important occupations of life. Reading is accepted as a measure of the cultural and economic development levels of individuals, societies and countries. It can be said that this act is mostly associated with teachers, who have an important role in nurturing a love of reading in individuals. Therefore, teachers’ attitudes and opinions about reading are important. The COVID-19 epidemic, which has deeply affected the whole world at the beginning of 2020, has changed the interests and attitudes of teachers towards reading like everything else. In this study, it was attempted to examine teachers’ attitudes and behaviours towards reading books during the Covid-19 process. The aim of this study is to investigate the reading attitudes of teachers at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. In this cross-sectional, web-based survey, conducted with teachers working in different provinces, a questionnaire with 20 items regarding the attitude and behaviour toward reading during COVID-19 was used. A questionnaire form was used to collect data in this study, which was conducted in the survey model. The questionnaire form was delivered to the participants on the internet. Attitudes towards reading books, which is the dependent variable of the study, were determined with a 12-item Likert-type scale. Statistical analyses were computed with t test, Anova, Chi square test, utilized to depict relevant difference between attitude toward reading and independent variables. Among a total of 582 teachers who answered the questionnaire, 50.7% are female and 49.3% are male. The data were analysed using SPSS program. According to the findings of the research, it has been determined that women have more positive attitudes towards reading books during the epidemic process than men.