Abstract
The Relationship Between Classroom Teacher Candidates’ Critical Thinking Tendencies and Attitudes Towards Reading Habit
They are expected to educate individuals who have reading and critical thinking habit, it is important for teacher candidates to have developed this habit. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between elementary teacher candidates’ disposition of critical thinking and attitudes towards reading habit. Exploratory correlational method that is one of the correlational research methods was adopted in the study. The participants were 217 3rd year students studying at the Elementary Education Department of Pamukkale University in the 2013-2014 academic year. The data gathering instruments included the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory adapted to Turkish by Kökdemir (2003), and the Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes towards Reading Habit Scale developed by Susar Kirmizi (2012). The results revealed a weak, positive and significant relationship between elementary teacher candidates’ disposition of critical thinking scores and their attitudes toward reading habit.
Keywords
Critical thinking skill, reading habit, teacher candidate, correlational model.