| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 社會教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 91 === ABSTRACT
The object of the study conducted in this thesis is about teachers of public junior high schools in Changhua. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the state of teachers’ use of their own school libraries. The results and conclusion of this study are expected to properly provide references for the future administration and development of school libraries, the future educational policies and academic researches. This thesis mainly adopts the research method of questionnaires and employs the variations of the teachers’ population as a predictor. The summary of results in this thesis is as follows:
1.Teachers’ tendency of attitude toward school libraries:
(1) Having the tendency toward agreeing with the libraries’ function of supporting teaching.
(2) Having the tendency toward of agreeing with the libraries’ material collection and service.
(3) Having the tendency toward agreeing with the relationship between libraries and nine-year-curriculum.
(4) Having the tendency toward disagreeing with the evaluation of libraries’ entire administration.
2. The factors affecting teachers’ intention of attitude toward school libraries:
(1) The factors affecting teachers’ intention of attitude toward the libraries’
function of supporting teaching are teachers’ age, positions, educational degrees, and seniority.
(2) The factors affecting teachers’ intention of attitude toward the libraries’
material collection and service are teachers’ age, positions, educational degrees, and seniority.
(3) The factors affecting teachers’ intention of attitude toward the
relationship between libraries and nine-year-curriculum are teachers’ age, positions, and educational degrees.
(4) The factors affecting teachers’ intention of attitude toward the
evaluation of libraries’ entire administration are teachers’ age, positions, educational degrees, and seniority.
3.Teachers’ use of school libraries:
(1) The purpose and frequency of use
I.The main reasons why teachers use libraries are looking for teaching materials and borrowing or returning books.
II.Most teachers sometimes or even hardly use libraries every week. Only 10% of teachers use them very often or every day.
III.Teachers use approximately 30 minutes every time in the libraries.
(2) Use of materials
I.The two kinds of materials teachers often use are books and journals.
II.Almost all teachers borrow 0~5 volumes from libraries every month.
III.More than 40% of teachers ever used libraries for in-service education and studies.
(3) Accommodating libraries to teaching requirements
I.23% of teachers use library materials mostly relative to teaching.
II.About 50% of teachers sometimes or often use library resources for teaching preparation.
III.About 80% of teachers sometimes or often encourage students to use libraries.
IV.About 20% of teachers ever used libraries or books in the classrooms to hold students’ Study Circles.
V.Less than 10% of teachers ever used libraries to hold teachers’ Study Circles.
VI.43% of teachers ever used libraries to train students how to collect materials.
(4) Teachers’ information needs
I.The library resources teachers need most are brand-new information and supplementary materials about teaching.
II.Teachers surf on the internet mostly for their informatiom needs.
III.Teachers often ask librarians for help when they are troubled in using library resources.
(5) Teachers’ self evaluation on using libraries
I.31% of teachers understand the classification of library materials.
II.37% of teachers have no trouble in looking for library materials.
III.67% of teachers have good, or even great skills in using any kind of library.
IV.The kind of library teachers use most often is school library.
4. The factors affecting teachers’ use of school libraries
The most important factors affecting teachers’ use of libraries are teachers’ age and position. Teachers’ sex, seniority, and educational degrees are of secondary importance. Teachers’ teaching subjcets are the least important factors.
5.Teachers’ comments and suggestion on school libraries(listed in order):
(1) To enrich library resources.
(2) To classify library materials well.
(3) Library automation and Web-based environment.
(4) Libraries administrated by professional and specific staff.
(5) Proper opening time.
(6) To encourage teachers and students to use libraries.
(7) To hold more relational activities about libraries.
(8) To have particular budgets for the libraries to use yearly.
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