Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU)
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Item An assessment of drafting programs in Montana secondary schools(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1987) Rintamaki, Glen J.; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Douglas PoletteItem Doing to learn with projects in the agricultural mechanics laboratory(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2013) Braaten, Rodney Dale; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Martin J. FrickThe purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the use of project based learning as part of the secondary agricultural education curriculum. Utilizing agricultural mechanics projects as a learning tool has been on the decline due to a variety of factors as schools and agricultural education has evolved. The results show space and equipment needs for an agricultural education laboratory, project implementation details, and teacher abilities. It also looked at curriculum design. A written survey instrument was used with the 70 secondary teachers of the Montana Association of Agricultural Educators was the sample population. 38 usable surveys were returned for a response rate of 54%. The results showed how common programs are equipped and how they implement project based learning in the agricultural education curriculum as well as strengths and weaknesses within the state that can be addressed through professional development.Item Impact of agricultural educators' servant leadership style on student participation in service-learning activities(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2008) Anderson, Mary Anne; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Martin J. Frick.The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of servant leadership characteristics present in agricultural educators' leadership styles to the use of service-learning activities in their curriculum. The study was guided by three questions: (a) which the servant leadership variables do agricultural educators exhibit?, (b) how many service-learning activities do those educators incorporate into their teaching curriculum?, and (c) does a statistically significant relationship exists between servant leadership variables exhibited by agricultural educators and the number of service-learning activities incorporated into their curriculum. An on-line and written survey was conducted with agricultural educators who were members of the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) and lived in NAAE Region 1. The survey used Ann Todd Abel's Servant Leadership Inventory to analyze the servant leadership characteristics and behavior exhibited by educators. The results of the study provide an overview of the most frequently exhibited servant leadership characteristics and behaviors by agricultural educators and quantitatively analyze the number of service-learning activities with-in their curriculum. The results of the study also highlight the types of service-learning activities incorporated into the educators' curriculum.