A VERIFICATION OF HALL'S THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL THROUGH APPLICATION TO A CURRICULUM INNOVATION INVOLVING FLORIDA'S COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGE AUTOMOTIVE INSTRUCTORS

The purpose of this study was to apply the full three-dimensional Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) developed by Hall (1973) in an area of Vocational Education in which the model had not been previously tested in order to determine if the relationships between the model dimensions were consistent with the model. In conducting this study a determination of whether and to what extent the Florida Competency-Based Automotive Mechanics Curriculum Project (AMCP) was actually in use, how it was used and what present user and non-user concerns exist was made.