The Evaluation of Classroom Libraries’ Proficiencies in Terms of Teachers’ Opinions

Abstract

The purpose of the current research is defining the sufficiency of the classroom libraries at
primary schools in Turkey, and making an evaluation, and providing suggestions concordantly. The
participants of the present research is formed by 53 classroom teachers who teach at various regions of
Turkey, in 2013-2014 academic-year, spring semester. All the findings can be evaluated as that most of the
teachers in the work group of the present research cannot conduct valid and/or sufficient activities for
creating classroom libraries, selecting books, quantity and quality of the books to be chosen considering the
standards for forming efficient classroom libraries.