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Main Authors: Oberg, Dianne, Hay, Lyn, Henri, James
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED437066
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author Oberg, Dianne
Hay, Lyn
Henri, James
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Hay, Lyn
Henri, James
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Hay, Lyn
Henri, James
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contents The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School Community: Findings from an International Research Project. Oberg, Dianne Hay, Lyn Henri, James Administrator Attitudes Administrator Role Elementary Secondary Education Foreign Countries Information Literacy Librarian Attitudes Librarians Library Services Library Surveys Principals Program Development School Libraries Time Management This paper reports the results of an international study of the principal's role in developing and supporting information literacy programs in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Japan, Scotland, and South Korea. Principals and librarians in all countries except South Korea differed significantly on the amount of time they perceived the principal to spend on tasks related to the information literacy program. Principals and librarians in Australia, Finland, and Scotland agreed about the amount of time they thought the principal should spend on such tasks in the future. In Canada, Japan, and South Korea, however, there was a significant difference between the two groups. Overall mean scores on present and future perceptions suggest that, in five of the six countries, principals and librarians are well-aligned in their beliefs about the role of the principal; the exception was Scotland, where school librarians are not qualified teachers. These and other findings should be useful to principals and librarians in schools throughout the world, as they struggle in difficult times to provide quality schooling and information services and to contribute to the development of literate and independent library users. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/MES)
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spellingShingle The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School Community: Findings from an International Research Project.
Oberg, Dianne
Hay, Lyn
Henri, James
Administrator Attitudes
Administrator Role
Elementary Secondary Education
Foreign Countries
Information Literacy
Librarian Attitudes
Librarians
Library Services
Library Surveys
Principals
Program Development
School Libraries
Time Management
The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School Community: Findings from an International Research Project. Oberg, Dianne Hay, Lyn Henri, James Administrator Attitudes Administrator Role Elementary Secondary Education Foreign Countries Information Literacy Librarian Attitudes Librarians Library Services Library Surveys Principals Program Development School Libraries Time Management This paper reports the results of an international study of the principal's role in developing and supporting information literacy programs in Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Japan, Scotland, and South Korea. Principals and librarians in all countries except South Korea differed significantly on the amount of time they perceived the principal to spend on tasks related to the information literacy program. Principals and librarians in Australia, Finland, and Scotland agreed about the amount of time they thought the principal should spend on such tasks in the future. In Canada, Japan, and South Korea, however, there was a significant difference between the two groups. Overall mean scores on present and future perceptions suggest that, in five of the six countries, principals and librarians are well-aligned in their beliefs about the role of the principal; the exception was Scotland, where school librarians are not qualified teachers. These and other findings should be useful to principals and librarians in schools throughout the world, as they struggle in difficult times to provide quality schooling and information services and to contribute to the development of literate and independent library users. (Contains 18 references.) (Author/MES)
title The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School Community: Findings from an International Research Project.
topic Administrator Attitudes
Administrator Role
Elementary Secondary Education
Foreign Countries
Information Literacy
Librarian Attitudes
Librarians
Library Services
Library Surveys
Principals
Program Development
School Libraries
Time Management
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED437066