Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kiester, Sally Valente

Titel

Exploring administrator use of innovation theories and formative research in predicting faculty responses to plans for off-campus video programs

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

Erscheinungsjahr

1992

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To assist educational administrators in developing a reliable instrument to predict an innovation's success or acceptability before major commitment of effort and resources, a hypothetical case study, dealing with the possible use of videotaped instruction for in-service training of education professionals distant from the originating campus, was presented to the entire faculty at a school of education in a large private research university. Faulty were asked to respond to a questionnaire, designed to measure their receptivity or opposition to such a proposal and to specific details of the proposal, and to participate in an open-ended, unstructured interview. Results were analyzed and evaluated according to two theories: the cosmopolite-localite theory referring to participant characteristics, and the theory of formative research, dealing with program characteristics. The cosmopolite-localite theory proved not to have great predictive value about attitudes toward innovation in this instance. Focusing on features of the innovation in a formative research approach appeared to have more practical application. For administrators and other decision-makers, the research offers several implications for most effective introduction of innovations in the future.