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http://dx.doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2018.35.3.245

A Study on Factors Influencing Teachers' Perceptions of School Libraries: for Elementary School Teachers in Gyeonggi Province  

An, Dain (연세대학교 교육대학원 사서교육전공)
Kim, Giyeong (연세대학교 문헌정보학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for information Management / v.35, no.3, 2018 , pp. 245-270 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order for school library to fully serve as a key educational element of a school, teachers' positive perception on the library's role is essential. Due to the lack of the perception, however, school libraries are not closely related to class activities in practice. Since teachers' perception on school library has been regarded as an given environmental factor in the field of school libraries, alternatives for revitalizing school libraries proposed in previous studies were not effective in practice. We developed a hypothesis that activities in school libraries have a certain impact on the teachers' perception, and tested the hypothesis and identified library factors to the perception in this study. Through a series of statistical analyses with the data from a questionnaire survey with teachers in elementary schools, we identified that the teachers perceived the library as non-curricular element, their perceptions were affected by the library. Consequently, the school library can influence the teachers' perveption. This study has implications to explore practical alternatives to improve the teachers' perception on school libraries by activities in school libraries.
Keywords
teacher's perceptions; school library; role of school libraries; promotion of libraries;
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