It is positively necessary for teachers to have and make the most of the high standard of recognition on school libraries that is the most important of all the basic environments in which to realize and materialize the educational reformation policy f...
It is positively necessary for teachers to have and make the most of the high standard of recognition on school libraries that is the most important of all the basic environments in which to realize and materialize the educational reformation policy for the development for the students as well as themselves - even for the school education.
Hereupon, in this study the objects of school libraries on which the educational functions were emphasized have been reviewed. The roles of the school libraries being newly recognized through the changing of educational environments have been found. Also the roles of teachers considered to be important for the activation and development of school libraries are presented through the study of existing literature review.
The general situations of nine Middle Schools under the Association of Catholic Foundation located in the city of Daegu and the Gyeongbuk Province have been researched. Their responses to the role of librarian teachers have been surveyed and analyzed through the survey of incumbent teachers, the actual conditions of utilization of school libraries, their recognition of the role and functions of the libraries,
The teachers use them occasionally - about once a month -for cultivation and making use of their spare time, and the major reasons for their not using the libraries were that they had too much work and teaching hours on hand. The teachers had a strong feeling for the necessity of teaching actively using the libraries or of training on the method of how to use them. In the survey on the recognition of the their roles, it has been revealed that the demand on the necessity of the educational functions of the school libraries and on the librarian teachers was pretty high.
The primary suggestion through this study is recognizing the ever-increasing importance and necessity of the school libraries caused by changing educational environments, the Middle Schools under the Association of Catholic Foundation located in the city of Daegu and the Gyeongbuk Province should positively consider the assignment of the librarian teachers who may manage the school libraries on a full time basis.