Partially in response to the nationwide science and math teacher shortage, the United States Navy and Escambia county, Florida, school system have established a partnership program in which Navy volunteers are utilized within the school system in roles such as academic tutors, teacher aides, and lecturers. At the time of this study, the Math/Science Initiative Program was concluding its third fully operational year. / The problem of this study was: Using the MSI program as the innovation, and using the Stages of Concern profiles as indicators of the status of the innovation's implementation, to what extent had this program been implemented, and what implications for staff development could be drawn from the SoC profiles and specific concerns of Navy volunteers and public school teachers participating in the program? / The descriptive portion of the study focused on the extent to which implementation had been achieved by Navy volunteers (N=51) and Escambia county teachers (N=89), as well as specific concerns they were experiencing. The first research hypothesis considered the correlation between SoC profiles of matched pairs of volunteers and teachers, while the remaining eight research hypotheses utilized the SoC profile as the dependent variable and examined the impact of the following independent variables: student-interaction time, principal support, preparation time, relationships with professional educators, opportunity to satisfy personal entry level expectations, student feedback, matched pair teacher feedback and in-service programs. / Data revealed that for approximately 70% of the Navy volunteers and professional teachers the innovation was in the "self" oriented, early stages of implementation. However, 82% of the specific concerns expressed by the participants would not have been predicted based upon their Most Intense Stage of Concern. / As for the hypotheses, evidence supported the idea that based upon the SoC profile of one member of a matched pair, the other member's SoC profile cannot be predicted. As for the remaining independent variables, using the.05 level of significance, there was insufficient statistical evidence to reject the null hypotheses. / The study concluded with numerous suggestions for program improvement as well as recommendations for future research. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-06, Section: A, page: 1342. / Major Professor: David D. Redfield. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76283 |
| Contributors | Woolwine, Charles Carroll., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 196 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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