The Community Diagnostics and Social Impact Toolkit: Development and Validation of a Reliable Measure

Autor/inn/en	Lamm, Kevan W.; Borron, Abigail; Atkins, Keith
Titel	The Community Diagnostics and Social Impact Toolkit: Development and Validation of a Reliable Measure
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 61 (2020) 4, S.249-265 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lamm, Kevan W.) ORCID (Atkins, Keith)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Community Attitudes; Rural Areas; Test Construction; Test Validity; Agricultural Education; Community Development; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Community; Development; Entwicklung
Abstract	Although there are questions concerning the extent of the problems facing rural Americans, there is considerable evidence that many nonmetropolitan communities are facing a multitude of serious challenges. These issues do not exist as distinct and unrelated problems. For instance, one cannot focus exclusively on depopulation without also confronting economic decline and lack of employment opportunities, deteriorating social bonds, cultural atrophy, decaying infrastructure, and so on. Rural communities are systems in which each problem is linked, and managing these issues requires a holistic approach. Despite the need for robust diagnostic tools to support agricultural educators to work with communities there has been a notable gap in empirical tools to do so. The purpose of the study was to develop and validate an instrument to gauge community perceptions according to the Community Capitals Framework. The results of the study found the proposed instrument demonstrated content, response process, and internal structure validity based on a pilot of six counties in Georgia. Furthermore, the scale demonstrated initial consequential validity based on county level comparisons and statistically significant observed differences. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01