Trade and industrial program area vocational technical teachers in the State of Florida are not prepared for their roles as agents of curriculum change by formal training in curriculum development, yet they are required to develop curricula as part of their normal functioning as a teacher. / To analyze the concerns of teachers about competency based vocational education, the University of Texas Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoC) was administered to a sample of teachers in North West Florida, using the Campbell and Stanley quasi experimental non equivalent control group design and four levels of a treatment devised around the concept of the teacher as an agent of curriculum change. Demographic data, data about learning projects, and on the level of implementation of CBVE in the classroom were also gathered. / A chi square test was conducted on eight demographic variables and significance was not reached at the p < .05 level. It was concluded that these five groups were drawn from the population of trade and industrial area vocational technical teachers in Florida. Results of the Stages of Concern Questionnaire were examined and twelve hypotheses were tested. Exposure to the concept of the teacher as an agent of curriculum change is not related to concerns about CBVE. The results indicate that while no significant differences between treatments were obtained, some interesting trends, both towards and against the hypothesized directions were noted. It was also concluded that job related learning projects conducted by teachers and level of implementation of CBVE in the classroom are not related to exposure to the concept of the role of the teacher as an agent of curriculum change. / Further research is recommended by a replication of this study for other program groups and other states and also into the implications of the uniqueness of trade and industrial vocational technical teachers for innovation adoption and teacher training. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-11, Section: A, page: 4810. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74692 |
| Contributors | SANDERY, ADRIAN ARTHUR., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 184 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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