Throughout the nation, many political and industrial leaders are urging a technological transformation of America's educational system. Various current publications and articles have identified this transformation of our schools as necessary for continuation of our status as a world leader. A key element in the transformation of schools is the implementation of an intervention and the continued attention to the user's needs regarding the intervention's implementation. / The purpose of this study was to describe the stages of concern of involved teachers in the implementation of a new instructional model, as well as the concerns of other members of the school's organizational community. The technology of this pilot program, Project CHILD, was the utilization of computer assisted instruction in conjunction with other teaching/learning aids, appropriate software and teaching strategies that include: (1) active learning, (2) shared responsibility, (3) cooperation and high expectations, and (4) a balanced curriculum, activities, and materials. / The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is the framework that was used for this study. It emphasizes the personal component in change. Two assumptions underlie the model: (1) change is a process and not an event, and (2) in institutional change, the point of view of the individual is paramount. Using CBAM's Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ) as the instrument for gathering the stages of concern, the degree of implementation of the intervention by each group in the organization was measured three times during the implementation process. The data gathering times were at the end of the first year of implementation, at the beginning of the second year of implementation and during the late fall of the second year of implementation. The analytic method utilized was a comparative analysis of differences with a comparison to norm groups. Additionally, a frequency distribution approach was employed. The null hypotheses were tested at the.05 level of significance using the Mann-Whitney U Test. Means, standard deviations and ranges were presented where appropriate. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-07, Section: A, page: 2221. / Major Professor: Richard H. Kraft. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78269 |
| Contributors | McEachern, Robert F., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 130 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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