The purposes of this study were (a) to clarify the concept of modern development-oriented persons in the Indonesian context so as to devise a measuring scale of individual development-oriented modernity (IDOM), and (b) to investigate major forces promoting the IDOM among students at four teacher training colleges in Malang, Indonesia. / After reviewing the literature, the researcher proposed models of the concept of the modern development-oriented person, the scale of IDOM, and the linear structural relationships (LISREL) which explain the effects of independent variables on the IDOM. Two questionnaires were constructed, one for measuring the IDOM and the other for measuring independent variables. A 563-student sample was randomly drawn from about 11,000 students at the four colleges. / The data obtained from the first questionnaire were analyzed to test the reliability and validity of the concept of the modern development-oriented person and the IDOM scale. A LISREL VI subprogram was applied to test the LISREL model and to estimate the effects of independent variables on the IDOM. / The results of the study suggest that the concept of the modern development-oriented person can be clarified by value orientations manifested in 18 attributes. Some of those attributes are a person's tendency to plan the future optimistically, to have strong personal efficacy, to be open to change and new experiences, and to be willing to take risks in pursuing personal goals. This concept is at variance with the concept of the modern person which has been embraced by most modernization theorists, particularly in secularism and individualism. / The IDOM scale, consisting of 39 items measuring the 18 attributes, is an adequate instrument to measure the degrees to which Indonesian persons are modern development-oriented. The IDOM has two dimensions, attitudinal and behavioral dimensions, which reciprocally affect one another. / The empirical evidence supports the proposition that education is a powerful force promoting modern development-oriented values. Other variables promoting the IDOM are students' parents' education and students' maturity. / Theoretical implications of the findings are related to modernization theory, while the practical implications are addressed to Indonesian policy decision makers and planners in the context of modernizing people while preserving some desirable traditional values. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-12, Section: A, page: 4277. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75956 |
| Contributors | HASAN, MUCH ZAINI., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 329 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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