An Experiment in Teaching Agricultural Occupations Information to High School Students.

Autor/in	Shontz, David Frank
Titel	An Experiment in Teaching Agricultural Occupations Information to High School Students.
Quelle	(1963), (113 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Agricultural Occupations; Conservation Education; Curriculum Evaluation; Doctoral Dissertations; Experimental Teaching; Grade 10; Grade 9; Group Guidance; Natural Resources; Occupational Information; Teaching Methods; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Experimentalunterricht; Experimentelle Pädagogik; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Berufsinformation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Berufsbildung
Abstract	To compare the educational effectiveness of three methods of teaching agricultural occupations information associated with land use and conservation to Grade 9 and 10 students of vocational agriculture, 424 students in 24 schools in western and central Pennsylvania were selected for an 18-hour instructional experiment. Eight schools were randomly assigned to each of the three teaching methods: integrated method, separate units method, and instructor's own method. Dependent variables measured students' knowledge of agricultural occupations, knowledge of land use and conservation, and occupational interests. A pretest-post-test design was analyzed by analysis of covariance and the correlated t test. Findings indicated that integrated and separate units teaching methods did not differ significantly in student achievement on a test of agricultural occupations and a test of land use and conservation, but both were superior to the instructor's own method. AII methods resulted in increases in student scores on expressed interest in occupations associated with land use and conservation, and the organized instructional units aided effective teaching of agricultural occupations information related to land use and conservation. This Ed.D. thesis was submitted to The Pennsylvania State University. (DM)
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Update	2004/1/01