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  title info:
    title: Information seeking behaviour of school teachers in rural areas of selected states in Nigeria
    sub title: a proposed circular model
  name:
    name part: Kamba, Abdullahi Manir
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Department of Library and Information Science
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    place:
      place term: Gombak, Selangor
    publisher: Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology, International Islamic University Malaysia
    date issued: 2010
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xix, 380 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
  abstract: This study investigated the information seeking behaviour of school teachers in rural areas of selected states in Nigeria, a developing country in Africa. The main objectives of the study were to identify the information seeking behaviour of school teachers in rural areas of Nigeria and propose a new model of information seeking behaviour. The study has addressed the questions (i) the information seeking behaviour of school teachers (how they locate and use relevant information for their teaching and leaning), (ii) relationship between demographic factors and information use and seeking pattern of school teachers. Various sources of information utilised by school teachers as well as barriers to information seeking affecting the school teachers were identified and discussed (iii) whether the existing models of information seeking could be applicable, suitable and expandable to study the school teachers' information seeking behaviour. The data was collected using cross-sectional survey design for both quantitative and qualitative data. Stratified sampling with proportionate and random selection was applied to sample the target school teachers in the selected states of Nigeria. The study employed a researcher-developed questionnaire and interview guide using the weaknesses of the existing ISB models and literatures from previous studies. It was preliminarily tested with 84 school teachers, validated by 15 content experts from 7 countries. Findings from the study showed that the information seeking behaviour of school teachers were found to be similar with other respondents else where. However, in this research the findings further showed that the respondents used varieties of ICT to search for information, though they are lacking competent skills. The findings revealed that respondents used the internet and other electronic resources but they hold printed resources as the most preferred resources for their activities. The study also showed that school teachers in rural…
  note: by Manir Abdullahi Kamba
  note: "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Libarary and Information Science)."--On t.p.
  note: Thesis (Ph.D)--International Islamic University Malaysia, 2010.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 329-358).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my---
  subject:
    topic: Information behavior
    topic: School teachers
    geographic: Nigeria
  subject:
    topic: Information commons
    topic: School teachers
    geographic: Nigeria
  subject:
    topic: Information services
    topic: School teachers
    geographic: Nigeria
  subject:
    topic: Teaching
  classification: ZA3072.N6 K152I 2010
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/5419
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 110802
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng