1) The research topic is "The Evolution Role of the School Librarian under the Education Reform of the Senior Secondary School in Hong Kong".
I will look at how the perspective of the principal, other teachers and the school librarian affect the effectivenss to carry out the new role under the new Senior Secondary School.
2) One school will be selected to be the subject. The research is conducted as an action research.
3) The significant of this rearch is that the senior secondary schools is undergoing tremendous change. It has a great impact on the whole school. Hence, the role of teachers have to be changed as well. How about the librarain? The new NSS emphasis resource based learning, this is for the school librarian to fulfilled this aim. Thus, the role of the librarian have to make change. At school, some literature reviews say that the support and positive perspective from school partners affect the effectiveness of the new role of the libraian. Thus, in this study we want to look at how this impact the implementation on the new role of the school librarian under the NSS, at the same time affect the students' learning.
4) Interview will be conducted. And based on literature reveiw to review the situation in Hong Kong.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Reserch Plan Prepared by Jennifer YU
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Research Question
Discuss in your group and identify one research topic which you think it would be good idea to explore.
The role of school librarian in Hong Kong under the changing curriculum of the New Secondary Scheme in secondary school
To know the traditional role of school librarian in secondary school
To know the new role of school librarian in secondary school under NSS
what is NSS, problems and changes faced by school librarian
strategies for school librarian under the NSS
Develop research question and classify it in one of the research types.
Research question:-
What factors affecting the role of school librarian under the NSS in secondary school?
What strategies should they tackle the changing role under the NSS in secondary school?
Research type:-
correlation research
Research method:-
literature review
questionnaire
interviews (experienced librarian teachers? NSS proposed person? Technician in school? Computer teacher?)