Examination of Science Teacher Candidates' Book Reading Attitude Scale Scores: The Case of Nevsehir Province

Mahmut Polat

Reading Habit, KPSS-OABT (Public Exams), Science Education, Teacher Training, Critical Thinking

Teaching is accepted among the professions in which there are many mental and cultural activities In this context it is important to determine the attitude scores of the members of this profession regarding book reading and to analyse these scores Therefore the purpose of this study was determined as examining the book reading attitude scale scores of science teacher candidates according to the determined variables The study was carried out with the case study method which is one of the qualitative research designs The participant group consists of 93 76 female17 male teacher candidates who are continuing their education in the 2nd 3rd and 4th grades of science teaching The data of the study were collected through the Book Reading Attitude ScaleBRAS 38 items and the Survey Form openended questions developed by the researcher According to the results obtained from the study it can be said that the BRAS scores of the participants N 54 are generally at a medium level 101155 points BRAS scores showed a statistically significant change according to the variables of academic success daily book reading time and the number of books read annually According to the findings obtained from the openended questions it was observed that the participants expressed that not reading enough books in time was a great regret N 43 and the biggest obstacles to reading books were KPSSABT exams held in Trkiye for teacher candidates factors such as appointment N 56

Received: 30 May 2025, Received in revised form: 23 Jun 2025, Accepted: 27 Jun 2025, Available online: 30 Jun 2025

10.22161/ijaers.126.9