Profile of Vocational Agriculture Teachers: Trends in Number, Sex, Preparation, and Satisfaction of Credential Recipients.

Autor/inn/en	Thompson, Orville E.; und weitere
Institution	California Univ., Davis. Dept. of Applied Behavioral Sciences.
Titel	Profile of Vocational Agriculture Teachers: Trends in Number, Sex, Preparation, and Satisfaction of Credential Recipients.
Quelle	(1986), (81 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Career Choice; Comparative Analysis; Demography; Employment Patterns; Faculty Mobility; Females; Job Placement; Job Satisfaction; National Surveys; Rural Areas; Secondary Education; Sex Differences; State Surveys; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Education; Urban Areas; Vocational Education; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Demografie; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Weibliches Geschlecht; Employment service; Employment services; Arbeitsvermittlung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Sekundarbereich; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Berufsbildung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Three studies compared the characteristics, preparation, and job satisfaction of male and female vocational agriculture teachers. The first was a national survey of teacher educators and administrators from 64 institutions (of 79 originally contacted) that prepare high school agriculture teachers. The other two studies examined the entire population of California high school vocational agriculture teachers who received their credentials between 1975 and 1984. Despite the drastic decline in the number of graduates from credential programs over the past 10 years, the percentage placed in high school teaching programs has remained fairly stable. Women have a consistently lower placement rate than men despite women's slightly higher availability. The placement problems of women varied with the region of the country. Although the California men were more likely than women to use their credentials, men and women were not significantly different in such areas as length of tenure, likelihood to switch schools or quit, or ability to handle a single-person department. Women still experience incidences of discrimination and generally have more difficulty in finding jobs and attaining acceptance as vocational agriculture teachers than do their male counterparts. A high percentage of credential recipients never teach high school, and many quit teaching fairly quickly. For those persons that remain in teaching, however, the level of satisfaction is quite high. (Appendixes include a six-page bibliography and the survey instruments.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC