Examining the Relationship between the Perceived Adequacy of Tools and Equipment and Perceived Competency to Teach Agricultural Mechanics

Autor/inn/en	McCubbins, O. P.; Wells, Trent; Anderson, Ryan G.; Paulsen, Thomas H.
Titel	Examining the Relationship between the Perceived Adequacy of Tools and Equipment and Perceived Competency to Teach Agricultural Mechanics
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 58 (2017) 2, S.268-283 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Agricultural Engineering; Agricultural Machinery; Teacher Competencies; Questionnaires; Teacher Surveys; Correlation; Teaching Skills; Teaching Experience; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Educational Technology; Educational Resources; Educational Equipment; Statistical Significance; Self Efficacy; College Faculty; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Agrarindustrie; Agronomie; Agrarwissenschaft; Machinery; Machines; Technik; Landmaschine; Landwirtschaftliche Technik; Lehrkunst; Fragebogen; Korrelation; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Unterrichtsmedien; Bildungsmittel; Ausrüstung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Fakultät
Abstract	Agricultural mechanics holds an important place in agricultural education programs. Teacher efficacy in regards to teaching agricultural mechanics is also important. We used a questionnaire to survey agricultural education teachers in Iowa regarding agricultural mechanics. Spearman Rho correlations were used to determine the magnitude of the relationship between teachers' perceived competency to teach agricultural mechanics skills and the adequacy of tools and equipment available to teach agricultural mechanics skills in school-based agricultural education (SBAE) programs. Correlations between tool adequacy and perceived competency to teach agricultural mechanics skills were identified as statistically significant (p < 0.05) in all 54 content areas addressed within the instrument. The results of the present study aligned with prior research regarding perceived competency and available teaching resources. The possibility exists that a lack of competency in a given skill area may result from, or may result in, a lack of adequate tools and equipment available to teach within that particular skill area. Perhaps the converse is instead true. We recommend that program stakeholders work to ensure that teachers are competent, and have access to adequate tools and equipment necessary, to teach agricultural mechanics. (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