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McKim, Billy R.; Saucier, P. Ryan – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
Agricultural mechanics laboratory management skills are essential for school-based agriculture teachers who instruct students in an agricultural mechanics laboratory (Bear & Hoerner, 1986). McKim and Saucier (2011) suggested the frequency and severity of accidents that occur in these laboratories can be reduced when these facilities are…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Laboratories, Teacher Competencies, Comparative Analysis
Franklin, Edward A.; Armbruster, James – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to conduct an internal evaluation of the National FFA Agricultural Mechanics Career Development Event (CDE) through analysis of individual and team scores from 1996-2006. Data were analyzed by overall and sub-event areas scores for individual contestants and team event. To facilitate the analysis process scores were…
Descriptors: Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agriculture, Career Development
Torres, Robert M.; Lawver, Rebecca G.; Lambert, Misty D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
The study sought to explore and compare the current level of job stress among secondary agriculture teachers in Missouri and North Carolina. The accessible populations consisted of secondary agriculture teachers (n = 252) in Missouri and (n = 118) in North Carolina. Data were collected using the Job Stress Survey (Spielberger & Vagg, 1999).…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teaching Conditions, Stress Variables, Comparative Analysis
Kitchel, Tracy; Torres, Robert M. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
One common thread throughout the research in agricultural education is that cooperating teachers have been identified as being important and influential to the student teachers' success. If the interaction between student teacher and cooperating teacher is important to the student teaching process, then the matching of a student teacher with a…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Mentors, Agricultural Education
Ulmer, Jonathan D.; Torres, Robert M. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of cognitive behavior exhibited by secondary agriculture teachers and compare the behavior to science teachers. Teachers within the two groups were found to have similar attitudes toward teaching at higher levels of cognition. Agriculture teachers spent 83% of their time on lower-order…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Science Teachers, Agriculture, Comparative Analysis