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Fishing For Answers: Barriers To Secondary Agricultural English Course Adoption, Sydney Arlene Keen
Fishing For Answers: Barriers To Secondary Agricultural English Course Adoption, Sydney Arlene Keen
Agricultural Education and Communication
Wamba (2012) said, “...literacy education plays an important role in moving people out of poverty toward greater self-sufficiency post-graduation” (p. 109). Nearly 47% of first-time California community college students are enrolled in remedial English coursework (Student Success, 2015). Further, California high school dropout rates are at 11% due to “school-related reasons…implying a lack of engagement and lack of perceived relevance” in curriculum (Gottfried & Plasman, 2017, p. 30). Literacy in our high school classrooms must be addressed.
Career and Technical Education (CTE) coursework has been linked to lower dropout rates; particularly in grades 11 and 12 (Gottfried & Plasman, 2017). …
Program Plan Highland High School Agriculture Department, Michael Lee Leishman
Program Plan Highland High School Agriculture Department, Michael Lee Leishman
Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports
This is a complete accounting of the efforts that are put forth into educating America's youth in the eastern part of Bakersfield California. This outlines the leadership training, community involvement, personal growth, premier leadership and the career success that follows such an AWESOME high school program. Here you will see the efforts of the students and community combine, under the guidance and direction of 3 excellent advisors, to create a program that creates productive well informed citizens that are ready to take the mantle of servant leadership and make their world the best it can be.