A Study on the Development & Application of Project-Based Learning Program for Promoting the Pre-Education Librarians' Self-Efficacy in Education Services

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to cultivate the educational competency of pre-librarians in the Department of Library & Information Science. To achieve this, first, the program is developed which is based by PBL(Project Based Learning) method for LIS education. Second, the questionnaire for education librarian self-efficacy is developed to measure the education librarian self-efficacy. Third, data were collected from 42 LIS undergraduate students at the beginning and end of the semester-long program during which it was adopted. The data were analyzed by paired t-test with SPSS. Analysis shows the program has a significant effect on the improvement of educational self-efficacy for pre-education librarians. Also, it is hoped that for this program will be applied to continuing education programs for education librarians and teacher librarians.

The effect of project-based cooperative learning on disability empathy in pre-service early childhood teachers

“…Looking at previous studies, project-based cooperative learning has been shown to improve the selfefficacy of instructors and learners [18,19] critical thinking and communication skills [20] and creativity [1]. However, in education, not only cognitive growth but also growth in the affective domain is important.…”