The purpose of this study was to determine the current state of the conditions and functions of curriculum materials centers in teacher education institutions accredited by the National Council for The Accreditation of Teacher Education. The subjects selected for the study were the professional staffs of the curriculum materials centers of NCATE accredited teacher education institutions located in the United States. / The data gathering instrument was a two-part questionnaire. Part 1 sought demographic information about the centers including the following: (1) name and location of the institution; (2) number of staff assigned to the center; (3) amount of the budget allocated to the center; (4) campus agency or agencies having administrative control of the center; (5) size of collection; (6) number of hours of service; (7) size of the center; (8) most important services performed by the center. Part 2 was an attitudinal survey consisting of fifty statements which sought information about the following six major areas of concern for the curriculum materials centers: (1) administration/policies; (2) funding; (3) staffing; (4) services; (5) resources; and (6) physical facilities. A Likert scale was used to measure the respondents' answers regarding the existing and desired conditions at the centers. / The collected demographic data were analyzed and a general profile of the curriculum materials centers participating in the study was compiled as well as individual profiles for the centers in teacher education institutions categorized as large, medium, and small. / The findings of the attitudinal survey indicated that the professional staffs supervising the centers considered most of the existing conditions satisfactory with the exception of certain facets of funding. Salaries, programs, and staffing were designated by the respondents as specific areas needing additional budgetary support. / This study was not meant to serve as a blueprint for designing uniform curriculum materials centers nor was it meant to formulate a set of rigid standards for the centers. However, the findings can be used to assist accreditation teams, college and university administrators, teacher educators, and education librarians to provide better resources and services for existing centers and in planning new ones. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-03, Section: A, page: 0760. / Major Professor: David Leslie. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78206 |
| Contributors | Toifel, Ronald C., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 275 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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