Examining Illinois 4-H member youth fair participation

Traditionally the 4-H Youth Development Program provides a mastery component for 4-H Members through a 4-H Fair where they can display their projects through evaluation and competition. The 4-H Fair is a deep-rooted tradition that consumes many resources including 4-H Staff time and energy (Arnold, Meinhold, Skubinna, & Ashton, 2007). The purpose of this study is to identify 4-H Member’s motivation as well as factors that hinder their participation in the 4-H Fair. This study was promoted to Illinois 4-H Members ages 12-18, although there are a few members that are outliers being younger than 12 and older than 18. Due to limited time and resources available to collect information for this survey, this study is lacking to encompass information from all Illinois 4-H Members that range from ages 8-18. The results of the study will assist 4-H Staff to make program improvements to increase involvement in the 4-H Fair.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Puckett, Kristin Nicole

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thieman, Erica B.

• 4-H
• fair
• participation
• motivation
• positive youth development
• Illinois

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2018 Kristin Puckett

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101071

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/101071