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Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Scholarship

A Descriptive Analysis of the Curriculum in Vocational Agriculture in Selected Public High Schools in Nebraska (For the School Year 1972-73)

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A Descriptive Analysis Of The Curriculum In Vocational Agriculture In Selected Public High Schools In Nebraska (For The School Year 1972-73), Dona M. Siekmon Aug 1974

A Descriptive Analysis Of The Curriculum In Vocational Agriculture In Selected Public High Schools In Nebraska (For The School Year 1972-73), Dona M. Siekmon

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Scholarship

The purpose of the study was to determine content and emphasis placed on identified units of instruction provided by the Vocational Agriculture Departments in Nebraska. The overall hypothesis of the study was to determine the relationship, if any, between teachers as community factors and the amounts of instruction in subject matter units offered in Vocational Agriculture. Data was collected at a summer conference in which 112 out of 147 instructors in Nebraska filled out the questionnaire. The five categories of the curriculum surveyed were: (1) Animal Science. (2) Agricultural Management and

Economics, (3) Agronomic Science, (4) Agricultural Mechanics, and (5) …