Are Agriculture Students More Career Ready? A Comparative Analysis of Illinois Juniors

Autor/inn/en	Mouser, David M.; Sheng, Zhaohui; Thoron, Andrew C.
Titel	Are Agriculture Students More Career Ready? A Comparative Analysis of Illinois Juniors
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 60 (2019) 2, S.15-27 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Grade 11; Agricultural Education; Career Readiness; Occupational Tests; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Gender Differences; Low Income Students; Illinois; Work Keys (ACT) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Berufseignungsprüfung; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	In a state facing broad budget shortfalls, agricultural education programs have to show their value in relation to other key subject areas, such as math and reading. The best agricultural education programs follow a three-component model of instruction, including classroom experience, leadership development through FFA involvement, and an experience-based activity through a Supervised Agricultural Experience program (SAE). Each year state FFA associations recognize top chapters with gold or silver emblem designations. In this quantitative study, we compare eleventh grade Illinois agriculture students from Gold and Silver Emblem FFA chapters to all other Illinois eleventh-grade students on ACT WorkKeys assessments designed to measure levels of career readiness. In addition, we also provide a comparison of Illinois agriculture students from Gold and Silver Emblem FFA chapters to all juniors tested from the same schools. The assessment results indicated that the selected group of agriculture students are more career ready than their peers, particularly in the area of math. (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	2021/2/06