Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: This article is part of a doctoral study undertaken in the Department of Information \nScience at the University of Pretoria. It describes a now-completed investigation of \nthe information-seeking behaviour of secondary level in-service geography teachers \nin Lesotho using focus group discussions. There were 82 participants in this sub-study \nteaching in various schools that offer geography both at junior and senior secondary \nlevels in Lesotho. The study used Leckie, Pettigrew and Sylvain's (1996) model of the \ninformation seeking of professionals as its framework. Although Leckie et al's (1996) \nmodel identifies five work roles that trigger information needs, the empirical component \nthis study identified three work roles: educator role, administrative role and non-academic \nrole. In addition, the secondary geography teachers who were studied tend to use syllabus \ndocuments, learners' textbooks and colleagues as predominant information sources. \nThey prefer information that will be easily understood by their learners and go to great \nlengths to seek information related to what they will deliver in class. This article offers a \ndescriptive report of some key results.
Authors: Constance Bitso, Ina Fourie
Institution: University of Pretoria
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2282774203