SELF-EFFICACY AND INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF STUDENTS OF SELECT SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE

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SELF-EFFICACY AND INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF STUDENTS OF SELECT SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Information seeking behaviour is a broad term, which involves a set of actions that an individual, such as undergraduates, takes to express information needs, seek information, evaluate and select information and finally uses this information to satisfy his/her information needs (Fatima and Ahmad, 2008). It is therefore described as an individual’s way and manner of gathering and obtaining information for personal use, knowledge, updating and development. In other words, information seeking behaviour involves active or purposeful information as a result of the need to complete course assignment, prepare for class discussions, seminars, workshops, conferences, or write final year research paper. Though, Singh and Satija (2006) see information seeking behavior as a human process that requires adaptive and reflective control over the afferent and efferent actions of the information seeker in which information seeking behaviour results from the recognition of some needs, perceived by the user, who as a consequence makes demand upon a formal system such as libraries and information centres or some other person in order to satisfy the perceived information need.

Thus, they pointed out that information seeking behaviour essentially refers to locate discrete knowledge elements concerned with the three basic resources namely, people, information and system. Information seeking behaviour is an area of dynamic interest among librarians, information scientist, communication scientists, sociologist, and psychologists. Information seeking behaviour is expressed in various forms, from reading printed material to research and experimentation (Bhatti, 2010). Information users make active and intentional attempts to seek up to date information from the library resources, including, electronic sources. It is worthy to also note that the advent of information technology has revolutionized the field of library and information services and has brought about considerable changes in the information seeking behaviour of users. Though there seems to exist many reasons and sources of information to the information user, the special schools library occupies a central position in the information seeking process of undergraduate students in Nigerian special schools.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The problem confronting this research is to appraise the self-efficacy and information seeking behaviour of students of selected special schools in Nigeria.

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

1 To determine the significance of information to special schools students

2 To appraise the self-efficacy and information seeking behaviour of students of selected Special schools In Delta state.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION

1 What is self-efficacy and nature of information of students?

2 What is the information seeking behavior of students?

3 What is the self-efficacy and information seeking behavior of students of selected special schools in Delta state?

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1. The study shall provide an analysis of the self-efficacy and information seeking behavior of students of selected Special schools in Delta state

2. It shall provide a reference source of information for students and the public.

1.6 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS

1 H0 Information is not significant to Special schools Students in Delta state.

H1 Information is significant to Special schools Students in Delta state

2 H0 The level of information available to Special schools Student in Delta state is low

H1 The level of information available to Special schools Student in Delta state is high

3 H0 The self-efficacy and information seeking behavior of selected Special schools Students In Delta state is low

Hi The self-efficacy and information seeking behavior of selected Special schools Students In Delta state is high

1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

The study is focused on the self-efficacy and information seeking behavior of students of selected Special schools In Delta state

1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS

INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR DEFINED Information seeking behaviour is a broad term, which involves a set of actions that an individual, such as undergraduates, takes to express information needs, seek information, evaluate and select information and finally uses this information to satisfy his/her information needs (Fatima and Ahmad, 2008).

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