ERIC Number: EJ1446979
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1042-0541
EISSN: EISSN-2162-5212
Attempts toward Blended Teaching and Personalized Learning in School-Based Agricultural Education
Journal of Agricultural Education, v65 n3 p304-321 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teacher beliefs about personalized instruction and blended teaching and their experiences with implementing personalized learning within their blended teaching practice. The specific research questions that guided our study were 1) What are SBAE teachers' beliefs about blended teaching and personalized learning?, 2) What is their experience with blended teaching and facilitating personalized learning?, and 3) How do their beliefs about teaching and learning impact the ways in which they implement blended teaching and personalized learning? We utilized a hermeneutic phenomenological research design while relying on theoretical research on teacher beliefs to illuminate the experiences of SBAE teachers in blended classrooms. Participants included five in-service agricultural education teachers representing four states in the United States. These participants were identified by post-secondary agricultural education teacher educators and through a state database of SBAE teachers. All self-identified as SBAE teachers who practiced blended teaching. Three themes emerged from data analysis: support for personalized instruction; empowering students; and reality check. Our findings indicate that the beliefs SBAE teachers hold influence their classroom practices and that personalized learning and student choice were important. Recommendations for future research include conducting observational research on personalized instruction in blended settings as well as the impact contextual factors have on the relationship between teachers' beliefs and practice in blended classrooms.
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture Teachers, School Based Management, Blended Learning, Individualized Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Student Empowerment
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
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California; Delaware; North Carolina; Ohio
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