HABITS, TENDENCIES AND VIEWPOINTS OF STUDENTS TAKING SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th grades) REGARDING READING

Abstract

It can be stated that today’s societies have complex structures and the matters of continuous learning and human education are very important in information society. The information age has a lot of effects on state life, economy, and family life. For an individual to have a life style which s/he desires, education is an important tool in providing necessary pieces of learning.  School is a part of life. It is targeted to train good humans, good citizens who are good at their jobs and having internalized and adopted all the qualities of the nation of which he is a member. Since our habit of reading books is not sufficient, there will not be a healthy transfer to next generations. There is a crisis of values. However, at the same time, it is essential to train happy individuals. In this context, that children should get to know about first themselves and then things around them and the nature is gaining importance. The best way of this is reading. Purpose of the Study: The present study aims to reveal the habits, tendencies and viewpoints of the students taking the course of social studies (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th grades) with respect to instructional and non-instructional reading, comprehension what is read and to include families’, school’s, teachers’ and students’ expressions and practices about themselves. This study is a descriptive one. Population and sample: The population of the study includes students, teachers at elementary schools and student parents. The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th classes where there are students taking the course of Social Studies and the students in these classes were selected randomly. In this context, the study included 2000 students enrolled in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th classes in the 2005-2006 instructional year, 50 teachers and 162 student families. The statistical calculations and studies made can be listed like this: For the analysis of independence, frequency tables, correlation analysis, chi-square test; for the comparison of more than two groups, Kruskal Wallis Test; for comparisons of paired groups, Mann–Whitney U Test were used. Moreover, with using one-way variance analysis, the independent-samples t test was applied.   As a result, it has beeen determined that the factors such as socioeconomic level, class level, sex, family, teacher affecting the acquisition and habits, tendencies and viewpoints of students taking social studies course (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th grades) regarding reading.

Key words: habits, tendencies, student, reading.

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