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Attitude changes in year-round education as a result of a community information program

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Date Issued:
1995
Summary:
This research study investigated the relationship between the public's knowledge about and attitudes toward year-round education. The variables investigated included the participants' gender, race, age, number of school-age children, marital status, family income, educational level attained, and sources of information about year-round education. The subjects of this study were 418 adults of Southeastern Florida. Palm Beach County is one of the fastest growing school districts in the country with the addition of approximately 5,000 students each year. There is a need to restructure the educational system with year-round education as one of the possibilities. This study examines the effect of year-round education information on community attitudes. The findings showed that demographic variables appeared to have no significant relationship to attitudes toward year-round education and that the treatment had an ineffective influence on participants' attitudes.
Title: Attitude changes in year-round education as a result of a community information program.
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Name(s): Comerford, Linnie Sue, author
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Weppner, Daniel B., Thesis advisor
Morris, John D., Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1995
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, FL
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 100 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This research study investigated the relationship between the public's knowledge about and attitudes toward year-round education. The variables investigated included the participants' gender, race, age, number of school-age children, marital status, family income, educational level attained, and sources of information about year-round education. The subjects of this study were 418 adults of Southeastern Florida. Palm Beach County is one of the fastest growing school districts in the country with the addition of approximately 5,000 students each year. There is a need to restructure the educational system with year-round education as one of the possibilities. This study examines the effect of year-round education information on community attitudes. The findings showed that demographic variables appeared to have no significant relationship to attitudes toward year-round education and that the treatment had an ineffective influence on participants' attitudes.
Identifier: 12421 (digitool), FADT12421 (IID), fau:9316 (fedora)
Degree granted: Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Education
Subject(s): Year-round schools--Florida--Palm Beach County--Public opinion
School year--Florida--Palm Beach County
Public schools--Florida--Palm Beach County
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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