Öğretmen Adaylarının Okuma Motivasyonları ve Sosyal Medyaya Özgü Epistemolojik İnançları Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi
Investigation of the Relationship between Pre-service Teachers' Reading Motivations and Social Media-Specific Epistemological Beliefs

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between reading motivation levels of Pre-Service Turkish teacher and their epistemological beliefs specific to social media. Relational screening model, which is one of the quantitative research models, was used in the research. The sample of the study studying at a state university located in the west of Turkey is located 209 Pre-Service Turkish teacher. In the research, ''Social Media-Specific Epistemological Beliefs Scale'' (valideated by Çelik (2019)) and ''Adult Reading Motivation Scale'' that was validated and validated by Yıldız, Yıldırım, Ateş, and Çetinkaya (2013) were used. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistical analysis, t test, one way variance analysis (ANOVA), correlation analysis. It is observed that the pre-service teachers who participated in the study have read books in order to gain knowledge and relieve their curiosity, to have a pleasant time, to change their perspective and to enrich their vocabulary. It is seen that there is a positive and significant relationship between pre-service teachers' reading motivations and epistemological beliefs about social media.

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