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Elementary science education library resources in graduate and undergraduate teacher education programs of new England
Author(s) -
Barrow Lloyd H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660220602
Subject(s) - mathematics education , science education , reading (process) , certification , teacher education , computer science , library science , medical education , psychology , political science , medicine , law
The purpose of this study was to compare elementary science education library resources available in graduate and undergraduate teacher education institutions in New England. A 31‐item survey was sent to teacher education institutions certified to prepare elementary teachers. The survey had four components: (1) services (i.e., ERIC , computer search, etc.), (2) journal holdings/science (i.e., Science and Children, Science Education , etc.), and nonscience (i.e., Reading Teacher, Instructor , etc.), (3) resources available (i.e., elementary science textbooks, audio‐visual materials, computer software, etc.), and (4) an open‐ended question about what major resources were needed to help prepare preservice students to teach science. There was a 72% return rate from the 87 institutions. Data were analyzed by the FREQUENCIES and ONEWAY subprograms of SPSSX. Less than 34% of the non‐graduate libraries had ERIC microfiche available, Dissertation Abstracts , and computer search capabilities services. There was significant difference between graduate and nongraduate institutions journal holdings for science education journals and indexes. The surveyed libraries had more elementary science textbooks published prior to 1980 than those published after 1980 and were severely lacking in computer software.