Browsing by Author "Horne, T. J."

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    A follow-up study of homemakers who were former homemaking students of Radford High School, Radford, Virginia
    Wright, Annie Fred Hines (Virginia Tech, 1960-12-15)
    This study was limited to 50 former homemaking students who are now young married homemakers living in or near Radford, Virginia. The former students were enrolled in vocational homemaking at Radford High School sometime during the years 1951-1955. The interview method was used to gather the data. The purposes of the study were: 1. To determine what problems these young homemakers had encountered in the various areas of homemaking; 2. To determine the sources of aid they had used to help them in solving problems; 3. To determine if their high school homemaking had helped them in solving problems; and 4. To determine what this study indicates are the aspects of homemaking that should be stressed.
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    Future Farmers of Virginia Chapter Chats March 1947
    Vargo, Paul; Horne, T. J.; Tennant, J. L.; Smith, P. C.; Tenney, A. W. (The Future Farmers of Virginia, 1947-03)
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    Multiple-teacher departments of vocational agriculture in Virginia
    Williams, Arthur Earl (Virginia Tech, 1953-06-05)
    Multiple-teacher departments of vocational agriculture were increasing in number. This conclusion is substantiated by the fact that Virginia rural schools were consolidating at a rapid rate. The fact that all multiple-teacher departments have developed in the past 14 years indicates a definite trend to this type of department. High school enrollment and the size of the area served by the school does not have a direct bearing on the number of vocational agriculture teachers in a department. Two teachers served an area as small as 40 square miles, while the same number of teachers in another school served an area of 881 square miles. High school enrollment in the two-teacher schools varied from 134 to 1375.
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    Parents' aspirations for their children's education and vocations as measured by a sample of Virginia families
    Farrier, Shirley Copenhaver (Virginia Tech, 1960-06-05)
    This investigation is a study of educational and vocational goals of a selected sample of rural youth; relationship of the parents' goals for their children to the childrens' goals; and a study of the relationships of sex, farm residence, membership in certain youth organizations, and level of living to these goals. Subjects were 49 ninth and tenth grade boys and girls and their parents, living in the Appalachian region of Virginia. The sample of families were chosen by criteria for selection of youths rather than parents. According to student classification types 24 were boys, 25 were girls; 26 were members of the 4-H Club, Future Farmers or Future Homemakers of America; 19 were classes in the high, 21 in the middle, and 9 in the low level of living groups; and 20 lived on farms. Schedules relating to vocational and educational goals were administered to the students and their parents. Parents were asked to complete the questionnaire as they hoped their ninth or tenth grade child would answer. Results of the data collected revealed that plans for a college education were higher for girls, for non-farm, non-membership, and higher level of living youths. Most students had not decided what to study in college; and home economics and agriculture ranked low in popularity for high school and college. Educational and vocational goals of the youths were lower than their parents' goals for them, and there was often conflict between goals of parents and children.
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    A study of factors influencing participation in the program of vocational agriculture as the basis of developing an adult farmer program in the Haysi area of Dickenson County
    Mullins, Erdman (Virginia Tech, 1956-06-05)
    In this study eighty farmers were interviewed. As far as the writer was able to determine, this number represented over fifty per cent of the farmers who received one-half or more of their income from the farm as cash or family food. If the number interviewed may be considered to constitute a valid study, several conclusions are formulated.
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    A study of the guidance needs of former students of vocational agriculture in Southwest Virginia
    Clear, Charles Edward (Virginia Tech, 1951-08-05)
    This study was made to determine the guidance needs of former students of vocational agriculture. It was hoped that information gained by this study would be of use to guidance workers in the improvement of guidance services in the high schools, Too, it was hoped that agriculture instructors could use the information in improving the dissemination of occupational information to vocational agriculture students, Further, it was felt that suggestive recommendations based on the findings might be used in the organization and administration of guidance services for in-school-youth.
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    A study of the need for establishing vocational agriculture departments in new locations in Virginia
    Moore, Troy Bruce (Virginia Tech, 1956)
    Statement of the Problem The purpose of this study was to determine the need for establishing new vocational agriculture departments in public accredited county high schools in areas of Virginia which were not offering a vocational agriculture program. Problem Analysis An analysis of the problem listed the objectives of this study as: 1. To determine each public accredited county high school in Virginia in which there was a need for establishing a new vocational agriculture department. 2. To determine the number of teachers required in each of the new vocational agriculture departments needed. 3. To determine the total number of public accredited county high schools in Virginia in which there were needs for establishing vocational agriculture departments. 4. To determine the total number of teachers required in the new vocational agriculture departments needed.
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    A study of the turnover of business education teachers in the secondary schools of Virginia for the school year 1953-1954
    Gaskins, Lloyd E. (Virginia Tech, 1960-06-05)
    The summary of the data was presented in five major divisions: 1. The summary of the background data. 2. The summary and conclusions of the extent of the turnover. 3. The summary and conclusions on the location on the turnover. 4. The summary and conclusions of the effect of marital status and sex on the turnover. 5. The summary and conclusions of financial, administrative, teaching experience and certification, health and normal advancement, and miscellaneous other reasons for the turnover. In summarizing the data and drawing the conclusions the writer adhered to two considerations: (1) The questions of the problem should be clearly answered from the data analyzed. (2) The summary and conclusions should reveal clearly to others the result of methods and questions used in this study, which might prove beneficial in future studies of this kind.