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Download full textRies, Ann E.; McCracken, J. David – 1980
A study sought to determine whether the perception of sex bias influences a woman's decision to teach vocational agriculture. Separate questionnaires were administered to female secondary vocational agriculture students, female university students enrolled in agricultural education, and female vocational agriculture teachers. Each of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Choice, Females, Secondary Education
McCracken, J. David; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1985
Articles discuss evaluation of vocational agriculture: considerations for improving local program evaluation, self-rating a program, step-by-step program evaluation, advisory council assistance with evaluation, using an advisory committee in evaluation, accreditation evaluation, evaluation programs for handicapped students, evaluating agricultural…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering
Etuk, Lugard A.; McCracken, J. David – 1987
A study investigated the major factors--demographic characteristics, job characteristics, and work experiences--related to commitment to teaching as a profession among Ohio teachers of vocational agriculture. The population was a random selection from the Ohio secondary school teachers of vocational agriculture listed in the 1983-84 directory.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Individual Characteristics, Occupational Information, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcCracken, J. David; Etuk, Lugard A. – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1986
Describes a study that investigated whether demographic characteristics, job characteristics, and work experiences could explain the degree of commitment to teaching by Ohio teachers of vocational agriculture. Based upon the findings, certain factors seem significant to teacher commitment: personal importance, first-year job challenge, vocational…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Demography, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers
Byrd, J. Rick; McCracken, J. David – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1976
The duty areas of agriculture/agribusiness task statements identified in an Ohio study can be an asset in the development of updated courses of study relevant to secondary-level students' needs. Teachers of vocational agriculture can use these common core tasks as a curriculum-discussion base with the local advisory committee. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Job Analysis
Potter, Oscar B.; McCracken, J. David – 1985
The purpose of this study was to examine the type and scope of supervised occupational experience programs (SOEPs) and the achievement of students mainstreamed in vocational agriculture in Ohio. Achievement was measured by the grade students received in vocational agriculture during the first semester of the 1983-84 school year. The sample for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Disabilities, High Schools
Peer reviewedIbezim, Don O.; McCracken, J. David – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1994
Usable responses from 220 of 332 secondary agriculture teachers in North Central states revealed a less than desirable integration of international agriculture concepts. International content was more likely to used by older teachers, those who perceived strong administrative support, and teachers with higher levels of cultural awareness. (SK)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Development, Global Approach, International Education
McCracken, J. David – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Change Agents, Educational Improvement, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedArrington, Larry R.; McCracken, J. David – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1983
The primary purpose of the study was to ascertain if the extent to which vocational agriculture teachers are employed on a 12-month basis is related to the scope of supervised occupational experience programs conducted by students. (SSH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Full Time Faculty, Supervised Farm Practice, Teacher Education Programs
McCracken, J. David – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1973
Guidelines for improving the utilization of information by teacher educators have been developed as an outcome of a study of their use of a variety of information sources. (SA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Resource Materials
PDF pending restorationMorton, Raymond H.; McCracken, J. David – 1979
The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between the quality of a supervised occupational experience (SOE) program (in terms of income and scope of program) and level of academic achievement on a test measuring technical knowledge in production agriculture. A fifty-item multiple choice achievement test was administered to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production
Peer reviewedMcCracken, J. David; And Others – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1984
This study described the nature of the students enrolled in vocational agriculture in Clark County, Ohio. The study determined the relationship between the family farm situation of the students and their occupational goals, reasons for their decisions to enroll, after-graduation plans, and whether they are male or female. (CT)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Choice, Career Planning, Decision Making
Schaible, Ann E.; McCracken, J. David – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1979
Summarizes the results of a study which identified discipline problems in fifty vocational agriculture classes of student teachers and beginning teachers. Reviews effective and ineffective ways to handle discipline problems in the classroom. (LRA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedMcCracken, J. David – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1983
External pressures are bringing changes in agriculture, in education, and in the agricultural education program. Federal involvement is on the decline. The profession will need to serve a more active leadership role. Its role should be one of encouraging innovation and development rather than one of defending the status quo. (SSH)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Postsecondary Education, Professional Development
Yoder, Edgar P.; McCracken, J. David – 1975
Occupational information needed for the development of vocational and technical education curricula in agriculture is presented in the report. It discusses the findings of occupational surveys of incumbent workers that relate to the identification of a common core of skills or tasks performed within each of the following vocational education in…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
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