Abstract:

This research was conducted to determine the 'reading habits' and 'reading comprehension levels' of school principals. In the scope of the research, leisure time habits were also determined. This research was designed with correlational survey model. 339 elementary school managers working in Ankara constitute the working group of the research. 'Reading Habits Scale' and 'Reading Comprehension Scale' developed by the researcher were used in the research. According to the results of the research, 53.39% of school principals spend their leisure time by watching television. Watching television is the most important activity for school principals in their leisure time. Reading habits are in the 13th rank in terms of importance in school principals' lives with a ratio of 1.77%. However, 71.7% of school principals have never read a book. The level of comprehensive reading of school principals is 37.1% for males, 35.25% for females. The level of comprehension is 39.75% for single, 36.67% for married. The level of reading comprehension of school principals working in the public sector is 39.6%, while it is 33.78% for private school principals. Professional tenure affects reading comprehension in the positive direction. The levels of reading comprehension are 33.46% for graduates and 25.67% for undergraduates. Nevertheless, there was no significant difference between the size of the schools according to the number of students they have worked, and their reading comprehension. There is no research on the reading habits or comprehensive reading levels of school principals in the literature. This research covers an important gap in the literature. In addition, the results of this research emerge new working areas in the literature.

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