Barriers to Participation in the National FFA Organization According to Urban Agriculture Students

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Michael J.; Kitchel, Tracy
Titel	Barriers to Participation in the National FFA Organization According to Urban Agriculture Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 55 (2014) 1, (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	National Organizations; Barriers; Student Participation; Agricultural Education; Urban Youth; After School Programs; High School Students; Statistical Analysis; Student Organizations; Questionnaires; Likert Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Statistische Analyse; Student organisations; Schülerorganisation; Studentenorganisation; Studentenvereinigung; Studentenvertretung; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala
Abstract	Urban youth engaged in after-school organizations have more positive attributes compared to their unengaged contemporaries. The FFA is one particular intra-curricular organization with after-school components; yet, urban students do not participate in FFA at the same levels as rural students. The purpose of this descriptive study was to explore barriers to participation in FFA among urban high school agriculture students in an urban school district. We surveyed students' level of participation in FFA to determine their perceived barriers to FFA participation. Findings revealed students do not agree with any of the listed or expected barriers; however, significant differences surfaced between non-members and active members concerning barriers related to friends, family, school, and the community. The study exposed a need to address the perceptions of friends, family, and community when recruiting urban FFA members. (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	2020/1/01