Magazine Reading Among Teachers and Prospective Teachers
Balow B.
1961
Journal of Teacher Education
1
10.1177/002248716101200113
A sample comprised of 268 liberal arts graduates undertaking a fifth year of professional education, professional-education undergraduates, and professional-education graduate students was surveyed to determine the nature of the magazines these students regularly read. The similarities in choices of magazines by each group were more conspicious than were the differences. This was also true of the magazine choices of the total college group as compared to the choices of the general reading public. The major difference among the college groups was found in the reading of professional journals; education graduates regularly read the house organs of their major state and national organization but no other professional journals, while undergraduates and liberal arts graduates read no professional journals whatsoever. The major difference between the total college group and the general reading public (as portrayed by total circulation figures) was found in the replacement of TV Guide by a news magazine (Time) among the college students. The predominance of escape reading and absence of intellectually stimulating reading was noted. © 1961, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.
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