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http://dx.doi.org/10.16981/kliss.52.2.202106.209

A Study on Information Need and Use Behavior of Elementary Teachers According to Their Task  

Lee, Seung-Min (홍천여자고등학교)
Jeong, Jiun (수원 대평초등학교)
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Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society / v.52, no.2, 2021 , pp. 209-233 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to obtain implications for educational information services for elementary school teachers by analyzing their information seeking behavior. The in-depth interview was carried out in-depth interviews with 11 elementary school teachers and it analyzed of the core roles and tasks of elementary school teachers, the required information and usage behavior of information sources. The study result showed that elementary school teachers perceived homeroom duties, teaching/learning activities, school duties, and other as their works and tasks, and the response to the importance of task performance was homeroom teacher, teaching-learning activities, school works, and other tasks. Also, elementary school teachers needed information in order of teaching-learning activities, homeroom teacher, school works and they used various information sources including web, interpersonal sources and book. Moreover, this study observed some factors that elementary school teacher mainly used web information source which other elementary school teacher developed and that they got teaching-learning materials from fellow teachers. Based on these findings, the author proposed teacher librarian share library based instruction materia in web resource, provide cooperative educational information service through learning community, and provide homeroom work material for elementary school teachers.
Keywords
Elementary School Teacher; Task; Information Seeking Behavior; School Library;
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