ED267010 SP026729
Title: Addressing
Teacher's Personal Concerns in Staff Development Efforts.
Author(s): Marsh, David D.; Jordan-Marsh, Maryalice
Pages: 17
Publication Date: April 1985
Notes: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association (69th, Chicago, IL, March 31-April 4, 1985).
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Descriptive (141); Speeches/meeting papers
(150)
Geographic Source: U.S.; California
Journal Announcement: RIEJUL1986
As individuals move through the process of adopting a new innovation in their local setting, they are seen as moving through seven Stages of Concern: Awareness, Informational, Personal, Management, Consequence, Collaboration, and Refocusing. This paper focuses on conceptualizing strategies for the clinical application of Stages of Concern as a means to understand, conceptualize, and address the concerns of teachers as they implement a new innovation. More specifically, it focuses on a problem that change facilitators report is paramount--addressing the personal concerns of practitioners. It is pointed out that the curriculum change literature has a relatively strong base of sociologically-oriented strategies when psychologically-oriented strategies are needed as a complement, especially for addressing personal concerns. The psychological literature on decision making and efficacy has not been utilized to any great extent and offers real prospect for helping address the personal concerns of teachers about implementing an innovation. Several specific concepts from the work of Janis (1976) and Bandura (1977; 1982) are presented and several practical uses of their ideas are illustrated. (JD)
Descriptors:
*Change Strategies; *Decision Making Skills; *Educational Innovation;
Locus of Control; Teacher Administrator Relationship; *Teacher Attitudes;
*Teacher Effectiveness
Identifiers: *Stages of Concern about the Innovation
