Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference between the attitudes toward curriculum change of superintendents of schools within the geographic limits of Education Service Center Region VI and those superintendents of schools surveyed elsewhere in Texas. Region VI is comprised of 15 counties in East Texas. Eighty school superintendents who were employed outside the limits of Region VI were used to develop norms for the study. Superintendents of schools within Region VI were the sample group. The objectives of the study were: 1. to determine the extent to which superintendents, as top level management personnel, favor change; 2. to develop an instrument for measuring administrative attitudes toward curriculum change; 3. to establish norms for the instrument; 4. to examine the effects of such variables as number of years teaching experience, number of years as an administrator, number of years in the present position, size of district served, their rank ordering of a list of seven roles perceived to be responsible for initiating curriculum change and their rank ordering of a list of seven roles perceived to be deterrent to curriculum change; 5. to determine if there was a difference between the norms group attitudes and the sample group attitudes; and 6. to make recommendations for a more effective way of dealing with administrators concerning curriculum change. The following null hypothesis was tested: There are no significant differences between the attitudes toward curriculum change of superintendents within Education Service Center Region VI and those sampled elsewhere in the state. ...
Massey, Carter Elmo (1972). A study of administrative attitudes toward curriculum change. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -185362.