Naslov
Attitudes and Self-Perceptions of School Librarians in Relations to their Professional Practices: a Comparative Study between Hong Kong, Shanghai, South Korea, Taipei, and Japan

Autori
Lo, Patrick ; Dukic, Zvjezdana ; Chen, Joyce Chao-chen ; Youn, You-ra ; Hirakue, Yuji ; Nakashima, Masaaki ; Yang, Guanghui

Izvornik
School Libraries Worldwide (1023-9391) 20 (2014), 1; 51-69

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
school librarians ; Asia ; professional roles ; job satisfaction

Sažetak
School librarians are not only managers of the school libraries, they are also educators, administrators, teaching consultants, information specialists, and information literacy teachers, etc. Unfortunately, in many countries, especially in Asia, there has always been a lack of understanding on the parts of the classroom teachers and school administration about the role of the school librarians in the public school system. Meanwhile, many novice school librarians do not have a clear understanding of the potential contributions of the school library programs to students’ overall development process and their achievements, as well as their contributions to students’ inquiry-based learning as a whole. Furthermore, very little research is available on the attitudes and self‑perceptions of the school librarians regarding their teaching role, in relation to inquiry-based learning for comparison. The study was designed to examine, explore and compare how school librarians function between Hong Kong, Japan, Shanghai, South Korea, and Taipei, as well as how they perceived their own status within the school community, by looking at their relationships with their principals and other classroom teachers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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