STEM education support services model for Thai secondary school libraries
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Library services, STEM education, School libraryAbstract
In order to establish a service management model and to investigate and validate the model of STEM education support services for secondary school libraries in Thailand, the research article's objectives are to explore the circumstances, issues, needs, and elements that support the provision of services. Three phases of the research were separated: Phase 1 involved conducting a survey. There were 330 secondary school librarians in the sample. Frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation calculations were used to examine the survey data. The focus group, which included 8 specialists, comprised phase two. The gathered data were examined and divided into various categories. Phase 3 involved 10 experts in connoisseurship. These are the outcomes: (1) The goal of the majority of teacher-librarians is to provide services to gather and store STEM information resources. Science books, science comic books, and science fiction novels make up the majority of the available knowledge resources. The majority of teacher-librarians offer information services and resources for STEM education. Computers and the Internet are the most common media and technology offered. The majority of school administrators, supervisors, and teachers that teach STEM education collaborate with or offer support to teacher-librarians. Teacher-librarians experienced somewhat severe issues with overall service provision. The support of administrators was the most troublesome issue. Teacher-librarians require a high standard of general service delivery. Information resource for STEM education are the service that requires the most organization. (2) Supporting factors have a significant impact on how successfully services are provided overall. Learning management was the factor that supported the provision of services the most. (3) The concept for supplying secondary school libraries in Thailand with support services for STEM education included 10 elements: policy and context, students, STEM teachers, administrators and supervisors, teacher-librarians, services, areas, support, media, and STEM learning. (4) Every expert concurred that Thailand's secondary school libraries' general approach to STEM education support services was appropriate.
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