THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, ATTITUDES, AND VALUES

The relationships between selected personnel and situational characteristics of adult basic education teacher trainers and their attitude toward adult basic education (A. B. E.) programs during a three-week period of intensive training were examined. Inherent within this examination was the evaluation of the effectiveness of the training period toward producing desirable and/or favorable changes in participants, knowledge and understanding of A.B.E. and attitudes toward the A.B.E. program. The following were selected as the independent variables for this research: age, sex, race, educational achievement, A.B.E. experience, and place of residence. Data was collected on these variables. The topics basic to the overall theoretical perspective employed here are presented in the following order: reference gi'oups, attitudes, values, characteristics, review of related research, and hypotheses. The major statistical techniques employed in the analysis of dat