Abstract

• The main purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between the reading habits of in service teachers and their instructional practices. The reading habits of in-service teachers were surveyed in three school groups, Mandalay Region. This study is carried out with cross-sectional survey research design. Three groups of sample schools from Amarapura Region were selected by cluster sampling method. There were (745) in-service teachers in Amarapura Region. For obtaining the required data, (186) in-service teachers from (15) Basic Education Schools were selected by simple random sampling method as subjects. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire including two parts: reading habits of in-service teachers and the use of knowledge getting from reading habit in their instructional practices. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected from participants. The results showed that the sampled in-service teachers have positive reading habits but they are weak in using the knowledge getting from their reading habits. They use only in reflection sector but moderate in lesson planning and least in teaching learning process.