Perceptions of Agricultural Educators Entering the Prfession through Alternative Means

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dc.contributor.author Faivre, Allison
dc.contributor.department Agricultural Education Studies
dc.date 2020-09-18T15:16:17.000
dc.date.accessioned 2021-02-26T00:34:31Z
dc.date.available 2021-02-26T00:34:31Z
dc.date.issued 2019-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>With the continuing national shortage of agricultural educators, alternative certification has become increasingly important. The programs to prepare alternatively certified educators to enter the profession vary in content and length due to state requirements. Alternatively certified agricultural educators tend to struggle more with the curricula development due to their lack of formal pedagogy training. This issue can negatively impact the students’ experiences even though alternatively certified teachers possess highly technical agricultural industry knowledge. Effective teachers have many qualities and skills beyond content knowledge, so it is important to determine how alternatively certified educators perceive their careers, their preparation, and themselves. This qualitative study examined the self-reported perceptions of agricultural educators entering the profession through alternative means according to a 2009 content-based model for teaching agriculture by Roberts and Ball. Participants reported regretting not becoming certified sooner. They have always had a passion for youth and agriculture and have loved teaching despite having no plans to teach agriculture after college. Future research should be conducted to determine the areas with which alternatively certified educators struggle most and how to create professional development opportunities and resources that will better suit what these educators need.</p>
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dc.identifier.articleid 1253
dc.identifier.contextkey 19346544
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dc.identifier.submissionpath honors_posters/201904/projects/77
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/96457
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dc.title Perceptions of Agricultural Educators Entering the Prfession through Alternative Means
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thesis.degree.discipline A & Life Sciences Education
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