The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between teachers' exposure, demographic characteristics, concerns, and receptivity to an educational innovation. The target population for this study consisted of elementary, middle, and high school teachers in Florida. For the purpose of this study, two separate samples were selected from two different populations using a proportionate stratified sampling technique. / The research findings are summarized below. The plotted stages of concerns profile for the SY2000 teachers and for the Non-SY2000 group reflect inexperienced users' and nonusers' concerns, respectively. About 70% of teachers from the SY2000 group are in a low level of resistance, while about 86% of Non-SY2000 teachers indicate moderate risk or caution level. All of the relationships between the independent variables and the dependent variable were found to be statistically significant. However, after reviewing the effects of the selected demographic characteristics on teachers' concerns and receptivity, the data show that each element of the background characteristics relate differently to concern and receptivity. Overall, school level functions as the highest predictor of receptivity. Also, after reviewing the effects of the selected demographic characteristics on teachers' concerns, school level for the SY2000 group and age for the Non-SY2000 group function as the highest predictors of concern. / Several general conclusions can be made based on the findings from this study: (a) Teachers' pattern of concerns are developmental, with the exception of a minor variation in the collaboration stage; (b) The different contributions of demographic characteristics are made on variance of concern about and receptivity to the innovation in terms of their portion of variance and significant; and (c) Teachers' concerns regarding an innovation are found to be a powerful predictor of the potential for receptivity to the innovation. / Several recommendations were made such as ongoing diagnosis to identify the current stages of concerns and intermittent assessments of resistance and further exploration of cause-and-effect relationships between the variables. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-12, Section: A, page: 4415. / Major Professor: Robert M. Morgan. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77755 |
| Contributors | You, Yeongmahn., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 184 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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