Ohio Agricultural Education Teachers' Attitudes Toward National Skill Standards

Abstract

Currently, there is a movement in the U.S. for business and industry to voluntarily develop national skill standard systems for their occupations. Once these systems are developed they will be used to develop training programs and certify workers’ competence. To successfully implement any new system or program, it is vital to know the attitudes of the people that will be involved in the implementation process toward skill standards. After the attitudes of these key people are known, strategies for implementing such systems can be developed. This study was conducted to determine secondary agricultural teachers' attitudes toward national skill standards. The population consisted of all agricultural teachers in secondary schools in Ohio. It was found that agricultural teachers agreed that they would or had used skill standards. However, they currently lack information about these skill standards.

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“…Six studies related to attitudes (Belcher & McCaslin, 1997;Dyer, 1996c;Deeds, 1991;Miller, 1997d;Peasley & Henderson, 1992;Reaves, 1993) were published in the Journal of Agricultural Education between the year of 1989 and 1997. Five of the studies (Belcher & McCaslin, 1997;Dyer, 1996c;Deeds, 1991;Peasley & Henderson, 1992;Reaves, 1993) were related to general education programs.…”

“…Five of the studies (Belcher & McCaslin, 1997;Dyer, 1996c;Deeds, 1991;Peasley & Henderson, 1992;Reaves, 1993) were related to general education programs. Only one of the studies (Miller, 1997d) was related to distance education.…”