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STUDY OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION PARTICIPATION AND SELECTED VARIABLES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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1982
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The purpose of the study was to determine the role participation and other selected variables (i.e., age, sex, race, education, etc.) play in an individual's attitude toward the public schools. The research was conducted in the community of Dade County, Florida, utilizing forty-one of the fifty-eight school centers designated as Community Schools. Hypotheses. (1) There is no significant difference in the mean attitude scores based upon participation groups at the .05 level of significance. (2) There is no significant difference in the mean attitude scores of Community School groups by years of Community Education implementation at the .05 level of significance. (3) There is no linear relationship between attitude scores and the stated demographic variables at the .05 level of significance. (4) There is no significant differences in the perceived influence of participation between the defined participation groups at the .05 level of significance. Results of the Study. Hypothesis Number 1 - the null hypothesis was rejected. Hypothesis Number 2 - the null hypothesis was not rejected. Hypothesis Number 3 - the null hypothesis was rejected. Hypothesis Number 4 - the null hypothesis was not rejected. The significant demographic variables are: race, children in school, marital status, and occupation. An R('2) test of significance discloses that 12.25 percent of the variability in the dependent variable can be accounted for by the demographic and participation variables. Conclusions. (1) Residents within Dade County, who participated in the Community Education registration of September 1981, generally have positive attitudes toward the public schools. (2) The more positive attitudes were found among respondents who had had some sort of K-12 related participation experiences. (3) School related participation, whether it was Community School or K-12 types of experiences, produces positive attitudes toward the public schools. (4) Private school parents have significantly lower attitudes toward the public schools. (5) Skilled laborers have significantly more positive attitudes toward the public schools. Implications. (1) The research results and the review of the literature suggest the need for additional attitudinal change strategies once participation has begun. (2) The process of Community Education holds the promise of attitudinal change. Programs alone hold very little hope for positive attitude gains.
Title: A STUDY OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION PARTICIPATION AND SELECTED VARIABLES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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Name(s): GEHRET, EDWARD F.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Kerensky, Vasil M., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1982
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 153 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of the study was to determine the role participation and other selected variables (i.e., age, sex, race, education, etc.) play in an individual's attitude toward the public schools. The research was conducted in the community of Dade County, Florida, utilizing forty-one of the fifty-eight school centers designated as Community Schools. Hypotheses. (1) There is no significant difference in the mean attitude scores based upon participation groups at the .05 level of significance. (2) There is no significant difference in the mean attitude scores of Community School groups by years of Community Education implementation at the .05 level of significance. (3) There is no linear relationship between attitude scores and the stated demographic variables at the .05 level of significance. (4) There is no significant differences in the perceived influence of participation between the defined participation groups at the .05 level of significance. Results of the Study. Hypothesis Number 1 - the null hypothesis was rejected. Hypothesis Number 2 - the null hypothesis was not rejected. Hypothesis Number 3 - the null hypothesis was rejected. Hypothesis Number 4 - the null hypothesis was not rejected. The significant demographic variables are: race, children in school, marital status, and occupation. An R('2) test of significance discloses that 12.25 percent of the variability in the dependent variable can be accounted for by the demographic and participation variables. Conclusions. (1) Residents within Dade County, who participated in the Community Education registration of September 1981, generally have positive attitudes toward the public schools. (2) The more positive attitudes were found among respondents who had had some sort of K-12 related participation experiences. (3) School related participation, whether it was Community School or K-12 types of experiences, produces positive attitudes toward the public schools. (4) Private school parents have significantly lower attitudes toward the public schools. (5) Skilled laborers have significantly more positive attitudes toward the public schools. Implications. (1) The research results and the review of the literature suggest the need for additional attitudinal change strategies once participation has begun. (2) The process of Community Education holds the promise of attitudinal change. Programs alone hold very little hope for positive attitude gains.
Identifier: 11813 (digitool), FADT11813 (IID), fau:8737 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.
College of Education
Subject(s): Community and school--Florida--Miami-Dade County
Community schools--Florida--Miami-Dade County
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