A Longitudinal Investigation of Individual Implementation of Educational Innovations.

Autor/in	Hall, Gene E.
Titel	A Longitudinal Investigation of Individual Implementation of Educational Innovations.
Quelle	(1977), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adoption (Ideas); College Faculty; Cross Sectional Studies; Educational Innovation; Elementary Education; Higher Education; Individual Development; Longitudinal Studies; Tables (Data); Teacher Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ideas; Ideenfindung; Fakultät; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Elementarunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Individuelle Entwicklung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Tabelle; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Implementation is a key factor in shaping school policies. The Procedures for Adopting Educational Innovations Project conducted longitudinal studies of innovation implementation based on the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM). A key dimension of CBAM, Levels of Use of the Innovation (LoU), was assessed in three longitudinal studies over a two-year period. The samples were approximately 190 elementary school teachers in three states implementing team teaching, approximately 160 university professors implementing instructional modules, and 45 elementary school teachers implementing the Science Curriculum Improvement Study. Data indicate that the hypothesized LoU exist and that individuals tend to move to Routine Level IVA, with this level becoming a basis for later refinement. Most individuals begin use at the Mechanical Level (LoU III), which is not necessarily resolved by the end of the first cycle of use. There is movement both up and down the levels, and institutional variables affect that movement. Implications are that evaluators should consider LoU in designing studies and interpreting data; staff developers can use LoU to individualize staff development activities; and policy-makers should provide prospective adopters of their innovations with information about the Levels of Use under which they obtained reported evaluation results. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC