An Assessment of Texas FFA Contests as Perceived by Secondary School Principals, Parents, Current FFA Members, and Teachers of Vocational Agriculture. A Summary Report of Research.

Autor/in	White, Inman
Institution	Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Dept. of Agricultural Education.
Titel	An Assessment of Texas FFA Contests as Perceived by Secondary School Principals, Parents, Current FFA Members, and Teachers of Vocational Agriculture. A Summary Report of Research.
Quelle	(1977), (39 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administrator Attitudes; Agricultural Education; Exhibits; Parent Attitudes; Parents; Principals; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Program Improvement; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; State Surveys; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Vocational Education; Vocational Education Teachers; Young Adults; Young Farmer Education; Youth Clubs; Youth Programs; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Elternverhalten; Eltern; Principal; Schulleiter; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Sekundarbereich; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Berufsbildung; Ausbilder; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Landwirtschaftspädagogik; Jugendfreizeitstätte; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	Objectives of this research study were (1) to determine areas of agreement and disagreement concerning the value of Future Farmers of America (FFA) contests; (2) to determine if there is a need for additional contests, deletion of some contests, or changes in contest procedures; and (3) to determine if the contest activities selected are influenced by the number of years of vocational agriculture teaching experience of the advisor, total number of vocational agriculture students, number of teachers in the vocational agriculture department, and size of school. Questionnaires were distributed to 1,124 individuals (secondary school principals, vocational agriculture teachers, parents, and FFA members in each Texas school district). Five hundred seventy-six questionnaires contained the data analyzed. Implications from answers to sixty value statements in connection with objective 1 were that there were many values and benefits derived from FFA contests. Over 85% of the four groups were in favor of keeping the fifteen FFA contests currently offered. Contests did not seem to be significantly affected by any of the criteria in objective 3. Eleven recommendations were proposed including revision and improvement of some contests and institution of new ones, promotion of better communication between state, national, and area offices, and a follow-up study in three or four years involving the same four groups of respondents. (BL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC