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Examining the Relationship between the Perceived Adequacy of Tools and Equipment and Perceived Competency to Teach Agricultural Mechanics
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McCubbins, O. P.; Wells, Trent; Anderson, Ryan G.; Paulsen, Thomas H. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Agricultural mechanics holds an important place in agricultural education programs. Teacher efficacy in regards to teaching agricultural mechanics is also important. We used a questionnaire to survey agricultural education teachers in Iowa regarding agricultural mechanics. Spearman Rho correlations were used to determine the magnitude of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Teacher Competencies
Pre-Service Teachers' Cultural and Teaching Experiences Abroad
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Ateskan, Armagan – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
This study investigates Turkish pre-service teachers' experiences related to a two-month international teaching and cultural experience in the United States of America. In total, 289 graduate students from Turkey participated in a collaborative project from 2001 to 2010. The experience included an orientation week, six weeks of student teaching in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Nationals, Study Abroad
Changes in Student Attitudes Regarding Science When Taught by Teachers without Experiences with a Model Professional Development Program
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Ali, Mohamed Moustafa; Yager, Robert; Hacieminoglu, Esme; Caliskan, Ilke – School Science and Mathematics, 2013
This study focuses on two main issues concerning changes in student attitudes toward science study and their perceptions of its usefulness in their lives. Information has been gathered concerning how student attitudes toward science have changed for teachers and schools not involved with any funded professional development project. Pretesting and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development
An Analysis of Factors Involved in the Recruitment, Preparation, Certification, and Retention of Day Trade Teachers.
Conley, Franklin – 1968
The purposes of this study were to assess the status of recruitment, preparation, certification, and retention practices and procedures concerning day trade teachers, and to assess the effectiveness of these practices as expressed by day trade teachers, local administrators, and state administrators in the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Employment Practices, Professional Education