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Secondary Education - Research Reports

Guidance Counselor’s Perceptions of Agriculture as a Higher Education and Career Choice
6/23/2008 Word Document (146K)
Future prospects for employment in agriculture related fields are good. Providing employers with an adequate supply of quality employees is one of the roles of agriculture education. To accomplish this, adequate numbers of students must be encouraged to pursue agriculture as a field of education.
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"Final Report for the 2008 Teacher Retention Study"
5/28/2008 Word Document (50K)
This study was conducted to create a longitudinal dataset to be utilized to highlight or predict trends within the beginning agriculture teachers in Illinois. Similar data was collected in the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007academic years. Data was collected from the “Program Development for Entry Level Teachers in Agricultural Education” course (AgEd 500). The course began with 21 participants and ended with 21 participants by year’s end, so the dataset was finalized with 21usable surveys.
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Agricultural Mechanics Laboratory Safety Initiative Needs Assessment
10/29/2007 Word Document (119K)
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Agriculture Teacher Exit Survey for the Year 2007
9/25/2007 Word Document (36K)
The data collection stage of this project successfully yielded 14 usable surveys out of a possible 15. The actual response rate for this project was 93%. The project director determined there were 15 individuals that decided to leave the profession in 2007. There were 55 actual state-wide openings. The project director was able to locate personal information for 15 out of the 15 individuals to be utilized for data collection.
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"Final Report for the 2007 Teacher Retention Study"
7/2/2007 Word Document (28K)
This study was conducted to create a longitudinal dataset to be utilized to highlight or predict trends within the beginning agriculture teachers in Illinois. Similar data was collected in the 2005-2006 academic year. Data was collected from the “Program Development for Entry Level Teachers in Agricultural Education” course (AgEd 500). The course began with 19 participants and ended with 14 participants by year’s end.
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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF AGRICULTURE TEACHERS’ AWARENESS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS
7/2/2007 Word Document (193K)
The purpose of this study was to analyze agriculture teachers’ awareness of biotechnology and the future of biotechnology education in Illinois. The objectives of the survey were to analyze the awareness level of biotechnology, benefits, barriers, and the future of biotechnology education in Illinois and the demographic characteristics of Illinois agricultural education teachers surveyed in this study.
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Identifying Educational Needs of Learning Disabled Students
6/29/2007 Word Document (105K)
Students with learning disabilities in the United States have increased dramatically in recent years, from 0.75 million in 1976 to 2.41 million in 2002 (Biddle, 2006; Swanson, 1999; U.S. Department of Education, 2004). Overall, the learning disabled currently encompass almost half of the special education population in schools, 2.9 million in 2003 (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2003).
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RELEVANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION MODEL FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
6/19/2007 Word Document (56K)
Agricultural education is grounded on a comprehensive education model of contextual, applied, and experiential learning (Knobloch, 2003). The comprehensive model of agricultural education has three components: Classroom & Laboratory Instruction; Supervised Agricultural Experience; and FFA (Phipps & Osborne, 1988; Talbert, Vaughn, & Croom, 2005). This tripartite model develops problem-solving skills, entrepreneurship, and life and career skills in high school students.
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REVELANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION MODEL FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN URBAN COMMUNITIES
6/19/2007 Word Document (73K)
Since the Smith Hughes Act was established, the programs of high school agricultural education have included three integral components: 1) classroom and laboratory instruction; 2) student participation in the FFA; and 3) student involvement in agricultural experiences (Kapes, 1984).
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Agriculture Teacher Exit Survey for the Year 2006
12/19/2006 Word Document (25K)
The data collection stage of this project successfully yielded 11 usable surveys out of a possible 15. The actual response rate for this project was 73%. The project director determined there were 16 individuals that decided to leave the profession after the 2005-2006 academic year, out of the actual 41 state-wide openings. The project director was able to locate addresses for 15 out of the 16 individuals to be utilized for data collection.
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