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The purpose of the study was to determine the attitude of eastern region secondary agricultural teachers toward the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and the relationship of selected factors to that attitude. To accomplish this purpose the following factors were examined: (a) years of vocational agriculture teaching experience; (b) number of teachers in the vocational agriculture department; (c) length of the annual teaching contract; (d) area of primary teaching assignment; (e) previous length of active FFA/NFA membership; (f) highest educational level attained; (g) undergraduate college degree major; (h) number of duties performed; and (i) location of the school community (rural or urban/suburban). The population for the study consisted of 2,966 agricultural teachers who were employed in the FFA Eastern Region during the 1978-79 school year. A modified stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 425 teachers for the study. Three hundred and seven (72.23 percent) of the teachers in the sample responded to the survey instrument. The two-section instrument used in the study was developed by the researcher. The first section of the instrument consisted of ten questions designed to obtain personal and departmental information about the respondents. The second part of the instrument consisted of 37 attitudinal statements which were developed from information obtained from vocational agriculture teachers, a review of the literature, and the FFA aims and purposes. Each statement had six Likert-Scale type choices. Respondents were instructed to circle the response which corresponded the closest to their true feelings. The Pearson product-moment correlation and the Chi-square test of independence were used to determine if a relationship existed between the variables selected for the study and the agricultural teachers' attitude toward the FFA. A significant relationship was found between the agricultural teachers' attitude toward the FFA and the number of years of agricultural teaching experience, the location of the school community, the length of agricultural teachers' contract, the previous length of agricultural teachers' active FFA/NFA membership, and the agricultural teachers' undergraduate college degree major. It was concluded that based on the scores obtained on the FFAA attitudinal Scale, the agricultural teachers of the FFA Eastern Region had a positive attitude toward the FFA. / Ed. D.

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This study was limited to vocational agricultural teachers in Utah and ten agricultural teachers randomly selected from each of the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho , Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. Questionnaires were completed and returned by a total of 54 Utah vocational agricultural teachers and 50 teachers from the other states. The questionnaires were designed to collect data concerning class size, requirements of the physical facilities and the budget allowed for teaching agricultural mechanics. The study revealed a larger number of non-vocational agriculture students are enrolled in the agricultural programs in Utah than in the other states. The data indicated there are more total students enrolled in Utah vocational agricultural programs than in the other states per teacher. The facilities available in Utah were generally smaller and less equipped for teaching basic agricultural mechanics as compared to other states. Many of the teachers in both groups perceived their facilities inadequate and all recommended improvements. The study also indicated that Utah teachers were receiving a lower budget based on student hours than we re the teachers from other states. Many teachers surveyed did not know the amount of their capita l or operating budgets for their vocational agricultural programs.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-135). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-135). Also available on the Internet.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-155). Also available via the Internet.