The study was designed to examine the impact of three different inservice delivery modes. Variables associated with the impact were the extent of the curriculum materials' utilization, teachers concerns, cost, and satisfaction. Selected personal characteristics as they relate to teacher concerns and extent of use were also analyzed. This analysis was made on the following systems: teleconference, face-to-face presentation, and direct mail instruction. / Ninety-eight vocational home economics instructions teaching Food Production and Services, and Food Management Production and Services were the target population. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model was used to determine the extent of use and the concerns of teachers. First, ninety-eight teachers were interviewed by telephone by asking carefully designed questions used to determine to what extent they were using the materials. Secondly, personal, task-oriented, and impact concerns were measured by a 35-item questionnaire. The 98 participants were mailed the concerns questionnaire. The response rate for teleconference, workshop, and direct mail participants were 70%, 60%, and 71% respectively. / Results of the data analysis suggest that (1) a great proportion of participants in all groups were using the materials, but the levels of use were higher for the teleconference and workshop participants than the direct mail group. (2) The cost to conduct all three activities were considerably different, but the increased cost in the workshop did not improve the level of use over the teleconference group. (3) The direct mail participants were less satisfied with the inservice they received while the teleconference and workshop did not differ significantly in inservice evaluation. (4) The majority of the intense concerns of all three groups were at the awareness, informational and personal stages, but the direct mail group concerns differed significantly from the other groups. (5) Age and number of years teaching did affect the concerns that teachers had in the three groups. However, the degree of implementation was not affected by these variables. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-03, Section: A, page: 0618. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75070 |
| Contributors | BOUIE, DOROTHY SMITH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 175 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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