A Comparative Analysis of Instructional Resources at Intermediate Agricultural Schools in Developing Nations (Africa, Asia, Latin America)

The purposes of the study were: (1) to describe the intermediate agricultural schools through key educational resources in their instructional program; and (2) to determine if there were any significant differences within the nominal variables by specific indicators of the educational program. The directors at these intermediate agricultural schools were surveyed by a mailed questionnaire developed through a University of Illinois Research Project headed by Burton E. Swanson. The exploratory study analyzed 235 institutional questionnaires from Third World countries. Institutional quality was assessed by staff size and educational level, adequacy of instructional materials, importance of the school farm for agricultural training, and adequacy of capital items and operating supplies for the school farm instructional program. An analysis of the institutional quality indicators by the nominal variables infers that there is a significant difference among institutions across geographical regions, level of per capita income in low income countries, and among types of educational systems. Also, the data analysis dispels the common perception that ministry of agriculture funded institutions are different from the ministry of education supported institutions.

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Ph.D.

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Dissertation

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Education

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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2014

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• Koehnen, Timothy Leonard

• Education, Agricultural

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(UMI)AAI8610948

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69040