Özet:

Reading expands their views of life by enhancing individuals’ understanding skills. Therefore, the training process should be focused on reading skills and habits. Teachers, one of the most important determinants of success in education, need to be a role model for students in giving them a reading habit. It is much more important to be a role model in this sense than to wait for students to acquire their own reading habits and just give advice about reading them. In this study, teachers working in a secondary school in the center of the Uşak province were guided to be a model for students in reading books, to enter classes with books in their hands, to travel with books in the school corridors and to talk about their books with the interested students and was supported by teachers in this regard. As a result of the study, there was an increase in the number of children who were more willing to read books, who had books alongside them, who spoke about books and who read books in vacant classes. Tolstoy said, “Everyone thinks of changing humanity, but no one thinks of changing himself first.” He was inspired by his word.

Özet:

Reading expands the perspectives of individuals by increasing their comprehension skills. Therefore, reading skills and reading habits should be concentrated on during education process. Teachers, who are one of the most significant determinants of success in education, should be a role model for students to gain reading habits. It is much more important to be a role model in this sense rather than expecting students to gain reading habits by themselves or just advising them about reading. In this study, the teachers who work in a secondary school in the city center of Uşak, were asked to be a model to students for reading books, to enter the classes with books in their hands, to walk in the corridors of school with books in their hands and to discuss about their books with the students who are interested, and teachers provided support in this respect. As a result of the study, it has been observed that the students become more willing to read books, and there was an increase in the number of the students who possess books, talk about books and read books in the idle classes. The subject of our study was determined being inspired by the words of famous author Tolstoy: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

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