The purpose of this research was to determine the attitudes of vocational instructors within the state of Florida regarding innovation and change in the educational setting. The study was also designed to identify those vocational educators who are flexible and innovative as well as the relationship between the demographic factors which are associated with the vocational educator who is most likely to be innovative. / The objectives of this study were accomplished through the administration of a three-part questionnaire. Part one solicited demographic information from the respondent. Part two measured each individual respondent's innovativeness and flexibility. Part three assessed the respondent's attitude toward innovation in the school environment. / The instrument was mailed to a stratified random sample of 400 Florida vocational educators representing all vocational service areas; i.e., Business and Office Education, Agribusiness and Natural Resources, Industrial Arts, Industrial Education, Health and Public Service, Home Economics, Marketing and Distributive Education, and Diversified Occupations. / Several statistical techniques were used to accomplish the objectives of this study. Specifically, a one-way analysis of variance was used to determine any differences in educator's attitude toward innovation, flexibility, and innovativeness. Regression was used to determine the predictiveness of demographics on the variables of attitude toward innovation, flexibility, and innovativeness. Also a Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between variables. / Results indicate that vocational educators are flexible, receptive to change, and have a favorable attitude toward innovation. A relationship was found between the flexibility, innovativeness, and attitude toward innovation measures. Also a selected group of demographic variables were found to be indicators of flexibility, innovativeness, and attitude toward innovation; however, few individual demographic variables were found to be predictors of flexibility, innovativeness, or attitude toward innovation. It was revealed that there are relationships between demographic characteristics of Florida vocational educators. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-01, Section: A, page: 0030. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75471 |
| Contributors | CARR, GAIL HORNSBY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 179 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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