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- Title
Does Agricultural Mechanics Laboratory Size Affect Agricultural Education Teachers' Job Satisfaction?
- Authors
Byrd, Alex Preston; Anderson, Ryan G.; Paulsen, Thomas H.
- Abstract
Secondary agricultural education teachers were surveyed to examine if a relationship existed between the physical attributes of agricultural mechanics laboratories and agricultural education teachers' enjoyment of teaching agricultural mechanics. Teachers also indicated their competence to teach courses other than agricultural mechanics within the agricultural education curriculum, perceived importance of Iowa agricultural education curricula, and training an agricultural mechanics Career Development Event (CDE) team. Responses were collected from 103 Iowa agricultural education teachers. It was found that shop size and the age of the shop did not have a correlation between agricultural education teachers' enjoyment of teaching agricultural mechanics, competence in other courses, importance of agricultural mechanics, or training a team to compete in the state CDE. Teachers' enjoyment of teaching agricultural mechanics was positively correlated to the size of the budget for consumables and equipment for their agricultural mechanics laboratory. Researchers recommend that further research be conducted to identify factors which motivate agricultural education teachers who teach agricultural mechanics within secondary agricultural education programs.
- Subjects
AGRICULTURAL mechanics; AGRICULTURAL laboratories; AGRICULTURAL education; AGRICULTURE teachers; JOB satisfaction of teachers; AGRICULTURAL surveys; CAREER development
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Education, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
1042-0541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5032/jae.2015.01006