ERIC Number: EJ1435899
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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Oklahoma School Superintendents Perceptions toward School-Based Agricultural Education
Christopher Eck; Nathan Smith
Journal of Agricultural Education, v65 n2 p383-397 2024
Superintendents play a key role related to influence and decision making at the school building level. This study aimed to determine the perceptions of superintendents across [State] related to school-based agricultural education (SBAE). The Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior undergirded this study. This non-experimental descriptive research study aimed to reach school superintendents across [State] who had one or more SBAE teachers in their district (N = 367). The 35-item instrument spanned three constructs including, SBAE program perceptions, SBAE course perceptions, and SBAE teacher perceptions, along with personal and professional characteristic questions. Nine items represented the construct of SBAE program perceptions, which resulted in a grand mean of 3.36. The second research objective measured superintendents' perceptions of SBAE courses, resulting in a grand mean of 3.29, with mean scores ranging from a low of 1.42 to a high of 3.65 on a five-point scale. The final construct aimed to establish superintendents' perceptions of SBAE teachers across [State], of which participants held a positive perception overall (grand mean = 3.26). Although this study has been replicated in three states with similar outcomes, additional research is necessary to determine administrator perceptions in states with perhaps less agricultural support.
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Secondary Schools, Administrator Characteristics, Background, Courses, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics
American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: https://jae-online.org/index.php/jae/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Oklahoma
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