The purpose of the study, a criterion-group design, was to investigate and compare: (1) the patterns of citizen involvement/participation; and (2) the characteristics of local school advisory committees in 60 selected Florida elementary schools identified, according to state documents, as either effective or ineffective schools. / The study focused on four patterns of citizen involvement/participation and eight characteristics of advisory committees. The patterns were: Community School Activities, School Support Activities, Student Involved Activities, and Decision Making Activities. The characteristics were: Participation in Decision Making Activities, Representation of Community, Membership Groups, Selection Process, Length of Service, Arrangement of Service, Preparation for Meetings, and Provisions for Committees. / A questionnaire was constructed from a pool of statements derived from: (1) a review of pertinent literature; (2) Florida statutes; (3) the Florida Education Council; and (4) a pilot study conducted in connection with this study. The questionnaire was administered through telephone interviews with the principals of the 60 selected schools. / Mixed design analysis of variance tests (p < .05) were utilized to analyze the group differences in terms of high and low percentages of students on free/reduced lunch (income level). The Duncan multiple range test was used to locate the differences. / The analysis of data included the following among the results: (1) income level was found to be a significant factor in the differences in citizen contribution levels in effective schools, but was not found to be significantly associated with levels of citizen contribution in ineffective schools; (2) no specific patterns of citizen involvement/participation were found to be associated with either effective or ineffective schools; (3) the percent response in the advisory committee characteristics was found to be significantly higher in effective schools than in ineffective schools. / Recommendations included the following: (1) future studies of citizen/advisory involvement and participation should include middle schools and high schools; and (2) further investigation needs to be directed to the area of citizen involvement/participation in high and low income-effective schools. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-06, Section: A, page: 1787. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74857 |
| Contributors | TOOTLE, ROBBIE ROBERTS., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 171 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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