ABSTRACT
This study investigated the teachers and students’ use of school and class libraries for developing reading culture in senior secondary schools. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. An instrument titled: Teachers and students’ use of school and class libraries for developing reading culture in senior secondary schools (TSUSCLDRCSS) was used to collect relevant data for the study. The ten (10) secondary school involved were selected based on stratified sampling technique method and the statistical tools employed to analyse the data collected were percentages while the inferential statistics of chi-square(x2) was used to test the stated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. 200 sample sizes were used for the study. Four (4) research questions and four (4) research hypotheses were designed and formulated for the purpose of the study. The study revealed that there was a significant influence of school library in promoting reading culture among SSS teachers and students. It also revealed that there was a significant difference between the availability of books and the school library. The study also revealed that there was a significant influence of school library materials on SSS students and teachers. The study further revealed that there was significant difference between factors militating against the SSS teachers and students in developing reading culture in Lagos State. Based on the findings of this study, recommendations and suggestions were made for students, parents, lecturers and university administrators and relevant agencies for further research.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.2Background to the Study
The concept of school libraries has become a subject of renewed interest for researchers and educationists alike both nationally and internationally (Walker, 2005). Researchers have indicated some definitive concepts with respect to the use of school libraries. The library provides physical or digital access to material, and may be a physical building or room, or a virtual space, or both. A library’s collection can