Evaluating the Beef Quality Assurance Certification Program as Part of the Virginia High School Agriculture Curriculum

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dc.contributor.authorFarley, Sarah L.en
dc.contributor.committeechairWestfall-Rudd, Donna M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberGreiner, Scott P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberVines, Karen A.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural, Leadership, and Community Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-02T19:42:07Zen
dc.date.available2017-07-02T19:42:07Zen
dc.date.issued2017-05-03en
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification program in the Virginia secondary agriculture curriculum. The purpose of the evaluation was to gain insights from teachers about their awareness of the BQA program, use of the program in their agriculture curriculum, resource preferences to use with the program, and student BQA certification practices. The explanatory sequential mixed methods research design was used to collect quantitative and qualitative data in the form of an online survey and follow-up phone interviews. In a population of 227 agriculture education teachers, 31 participants completed the online survey and ten follow-up phone interviews were conducted. The results indicate that there is a high awareness of the BQA certification program among those who teach an animal science curriculum. Teachers are integrating the producer BQA program into their CTE course curriculum and making modifications to enhance student engagement and learning experience. Students are most engaged in hands-on learning activities like the chute-side component and injection practices. Virginia Cooperative Extension agent support is valued in the process for planning and implementation. The most challenging components of the program are scheduling time for the chute-side component, overcoming student learning curves in non-traditional programs, and adversity from school administration. In summary, the producer BQA certification program is an essential component to the Virginia secondary agriculture curriculum.en
dc.description.degreeMALSen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/78308en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subject.cabtBeef Quality Assuranceen
dc.subject.cabtvocational certificationen
dc.subject.cabtCareer and Technical Educationen
dc.subject.cabtAgriculture curriculumen
dc.subject.cabtCooperative Extensionen
dc.subject.cabthands-on learningen
dc.subject.cabtprogram planning theoryen
dc.subject.cabtmixed methods researchen
dc.titleEvaluating the Beef Quality Assurance Certification Program as Part of the Virginia High School Agriculture Curriculumen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Agricultural and Life Sciencesen

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