Date of Award:

5-1952

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education

Department name when degree awarded

Agricultural Education

Committee Chair(s)

Stanley S. Richardson

Committee

Stanley S. Richardson

Committee

Eldon M. Drake

Committee

Jefferson N. Eastmond

Committee

DeVere R. McAllister

Committee

D. R. Stone

Abstract

Whether or not to provide post-high school education for the farm youth and adult is a highly controversial issue facing many school administrators and teachers of vocational agriculture in Utah today. If one is to start farming and make continuous progress until he becomes a full-fledged farmer it requires several years of training beyond the high school vocational agricultural period. This is because of a lack of maturity and a lack of time, during the high school period, when the individual must and should get a general education.

Many of our present day high schools do not build their curriculum around the livelihood of their patrons. They have an academic course designed to prepare the students for later academic training. Unfortunately, there are a great number of school personnel who accept the idea that the completion of high school work ends all education unless one goes on to college. It is a recognized fact that relatively few high school students go on to college. In Utah, for an example, 7 out of 10 high school youths do not go on to college.1 To those who do not go on to college post-high school training would provide the necessary education for them to progress in their chosen vocational fields.

Further need for adult education is indicated by the educational level of the adult population of the United States shown in table 1.

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