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Factors Affecting Illinois Legislators' Perceptions Of School-Based Agricultural Education, Perry William Harlow
Factors Affecting Illinois Legislators' Perceptions Of School-Based Agricultural Education, Perry William Harlow
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This study examined factors contributing to Illinois General Assembly members’ perceptions of school-based agricultural education. Personal characteristics and multiple media sources were examined to determine if any of these factors affected their perception of school-based agricultural education. These factors included the population area of where the legislator grew up, the population area of the district the legislator represents, the geographical location of the legislator’s district, whether the legislator lived on a farm, and whether the legislator worked on a farm. The factors also included frequency of seeing information about school-based agricultural education on multiple media source including television, radio, newspaper, …