EXAMINATION OF THE GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ OPINION ON THE READING HABITS

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Individuals carry out reading activity for the reasons such as improving themselves, progressing in social life, being beneficial to society and enjoying themselves. Thus, while different goals are being realized, many subjects learnt unconsciously in the past become more meaningful by this activity. Students studying at the university can contribute to the society as long as they read and improve themselves. First of all, they should gain a reading habit. This research was carried out to determine the opinions of the level of reading habit of undergraduate students of the geography department. This study is a quantitative research. For this purpose, literature review was carried out and a questionnaire was prepared accordingly. It was presented to the expert for an opinion, necessary changes were made and applied to 121 students. In this study, we examine the general reading habits of geography students, their reading habits in geography field, their levels of library use, and whether it varies according to gender and grade level. The survey was applied to students from all grade levels to reflect the views of all the students in the geography department. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the students of the department of geography have low level of reading books or magazines, only small number of students follow periodicals, and they do not use of libraries at the university and in the city efficiently and have difficulty in following scientific publications.

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Reading habits , geography department students , student opinions , library use

Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi

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Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi