Abstract
The major purpose of this study was to compare the perceptions of community educators and community education participants concerning the effects of community education on influencing attitudes of personal development, personal satisfaction and family well-being. In order to accomplish this task, a telephone survey instrument was developed, piloted and revised. The researcher interviewed four community educators to seek consensus as to their predictions of positive, negative and don't know responses to each of the survey instruments questions. The community educators consensus of predictions were recorded as expectant percentages. These expectant percentages were later converted to expectant frequencies and then compared to actual frequencies of responses recorded from 320 past participants. Chi-square "goodness-of-fit" tests were used to measure the degree of congruence found between the two groups. The following conclusions were made: 1. Community educators gave high percentages of positive response to all questions in the telephone survey as did past community education participants. 2. Community educators displayed a high degree of perceptiveness as to their clientele's perceptions concerning personal development, personal satisfaction and family well-being. The secondary purpose of the study was to examine opportunities for personal development, personal satisfaction and family well-being among adult participants involved in the community education program. An analysis of the percentages of positive and negative responses from adult past participants revealed the following: 1. A very high positive response (90+%) was reported concerning the areas of personal development, self-fulfillment and personal satisfaction. 2. A high positive response (70+%) was reported concerning the area of positive attitudes toward family well-being.
Hogan, Frank Roger (1985). A comparison of perceptions of community educators and community education participants concerning the effects of community education on influencing attitudes of personal satisfaction and family well-being. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -777884.