RESOURCES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LIBRARY RESOURCES IN SOME COLLEGES OF EDUCATIO
RESOURCES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LIBRARY RESOURCES IN SOME COLLEGES OF EDUCATIO
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1997-04
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ATI, BATHON ADAMU
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The manner some second generation college s of education
in Nigeri a were establishe d possed some doubt as to whether
they ar e abl e to provide adequate resource s for th e trainin g
of th e needed informed teachers. They were no t only hastel y
establishe d bu t did not enjoy strong initia l financia l
support . Some others tagged firs t generatio n college s of
education in Nigeria however, were given strong initia l
financia l support, a conditio n tha t reinforce d adequate
resourc e provision . There seemed to be a desparit y in
resourc e provisio n between the firs t and second generatio n college s
of education despit e the fac t tha t their end products ar e
expected to serve the same purpose to achieve the nationa l
objective s of education in Nigeria .
The importance of librar y resource s in the support of
t h e production of qualifie d teachers is taken to be next to
teachers. The trend of hastel y establishemen t of the colegws has threfor e
lead to the inadequate resources provision for the support
of the needed informed teachers. This study made genuine
efforts to examine the library resources in five collegees
of education in Nigeria which were regrouped into first and
second generation colleges. The ultimate objective was to
determine the adequacy OT inadequacy of their resources for
the support of teacher education and also determine differences
and semilarities that exist between them in terms of
resource provision. ix
To gather the data necessary for this study, three
instruments were used. These were questionnaires, interviews
and observations. The questionnaires were of two types.
Questionnaire 'A' was administered to Heads of Libraries.
Questionnaire 'B' was administered to lecturers and students.
The two groups of respondents were also interviewed.
Observations were directly made of the resources and the
facilitie s tha t were available.
Also used were determined resources and standards and
against which the data collected were interpreted. Likest
scale and cumulative percentage were used for the analysis
of data and which enabled easy comparison.
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RESOURCES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA:, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LIBRARY RESOURCES IN SOME COLLEGES OF EDUCATION