Changes in Concerns About the Innovation Related to Adopter Characteristics, Training Workshops, and the Use of the Innovations.

This paper reports on more than five years of research on teachers who were engaged in or associated with the process of working on educational change. During this period many variables that may influence individual teacher decisions regarding change were studied. This paper reports findings regarding the apparent influence of these variables on the decisions made regarding change. It also describes the implications of these findings for those responsible for guiding change. (Author)