A survey of Florida's vocational teachers and administrators in school districts and community colleges was performed to assess their perceptions of a proposed plan for competency-based vocational education (CBVE) system. Background variables of the respondents were used to analyze the relative advantage, compatibility, observability, trialability, complexity of and overall reactions to the proposed plan; these background variables were also used to analyze the respondents' attitudes toward competency-based vocational education. / In addition to these analyses, potential resistance to the plan was assessed by comparing the attitudes of survey recipients with a control group of respondents who received only the attitude scale without the proposed plan and its request for review. / The results of the study showed that, among teachers, statistically significant differences among perceptions (ratings) of the attributes of the plan were most often found for the variables of age, level of education, program area within type of institution and program area within administrative region. For teacher attitude scores, differences were found by age, level of education and program area. No statistically significant differences were found among ratings of the plan's attributes or attitudes toward CBVE for administrators. / Although no significant differences were found between attitudes of survey recipients and a control group, such differences were found between attitude scores of teachers and administrators, although the differences were not found to be of practical importance. / The results suggest that the findings of such differences would be of most value of the design of dissemination and diffusion strategies necessary for the promotion and adoption of educational innovations. The study is also an example of the kinds of initial efforts which should be pursued for an adequate understanding of all the dimensions involved in the research - development - dissemination - adoption - utilization process. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-01, Section: A, page: 0150. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74379 |
| Contributors | WATSON, PAUL KELLY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 186 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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