Progress 09/07/17 to 05/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:No steps were taken within this reporting period of January 1, 2020 - May 15, 2020. Changes/Problems:This project will have a new close date because I have accepted a faculty position elsewhere. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A seminar was conducted for Mississippi State Unversity faculty through the request of the Center of Teaching Learning on Culturally Responsive Teaching. This seminar allowed for in-service training of faculty. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Focus group results have been disseminated to the American Association for Agricultural Education at both regional and national meetings. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Overall, objectives 1, 2, and 4 were approached and mostly met during the duration of this project. We had not gotten to objective 3 by the new closing date on this project. Through this project, we worked towards identifying culturally responsive teaching techniques, embedding cultural competence training in the pre-service agriscience degree program, and providing in-service training to help recruit and retain diverse underrepresented student populations. All of these efforts could help to recruit and retain diverse and underrepresented populations in the high school agriculture programs, which could impact postsecondary enrollment of underrepresented student populations. The following tasks were accomplished related to objective one: and two 1. Focus groups were conducted with underrepresented minority students during the spring, twelve students participated 2. Additional focus groups were held this fall with the majority student population, five students participated 3. These focus groups were analyzed to identify themes related to what students classify as culturally responsive teaching and how these techniques impact their learning 4. Conference presentation abstract was submitted and accepted to be presented in 2019 5. Additional focus groups were concluded in fall 2019, helping to accomplish objectives one and two of identifying culturally responsive teaching techniques and their impact on learners.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Russell, C., Jagger, C. B., & Petersen, A. (2020) Investigation of Culturally Responsive Teaching: Undergraduate vs. Graduate Experiences. The American Association of Agriculutual Education 2020 Southern Region Conference Proceedings. Poster Presentation.
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Progress 10/01/18 to 09/30/19
Outputs
Target Audience:During the 2019 reporting period, our primary target audience was undergraduate students at Mississippi State University as you wrapped up our focus groups. Additionally, faculty and students at conferences and seminars were reached through the dissemination of study results. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A seminar was conducted for Mississippi State Unversity faculty through the request of the Center of Teaching Learning on Culturally Responsive Teaching. This seminar allowed for in-service training of faculty. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Focus group results have been disseminated to the American Association for Agricultural Education at both regional and national meetings. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For the next reporting period, the project will make a shift to objectives three and four. I will be taking a close examination of our pre-service program and identify ways to embed culturally responsive teaching strategies into our curriculum and train pre-service students on how to utilize similar strategies to help recruit and retain underrepresented populations in their future school programs.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Focus groups were concluded this fall 2019, helping to accomplish objectives one and two of identifying culturally responsive teaching techniques and their impact on learners.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Russell, C., Petersen, A., & Jagger, C. B. (2019). Culturally Responsive Teaching: Experiences of
underrepresented students. Poster Presentation at the 2019 Southern Region American Association for Agricultural Education Conference. Birmingham, AL.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Grant, C., & Jagger, C. B. (2019). Cultural Competence: How skilled are students across majors?
Poster Presentation at the 2019 Southern Region American Association for Agricultural Education Conference. Birmingham, AL.
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Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience reached through this project included undergraduate andgraduate students at Mississippi State University. Approximately 20 students participated in focus groups conducted for both underrepresented minority students as well as the majority student population on campus. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Through connections made with this project, I was able to delivera culturallyresponsive teaching workshop for faculty memberson campus through the Center of Teaching and Learning. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Since we have had low participation with the focus groups, additional intact groups will be contacted such as student organizations and specific classes to continue getting feedback from the focus group approach until saturation of data has been reached. Additionally, results from these focus groups will be disseminated at regional and national conferences.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The following research project will work towards identifying culturally responsive teaching techniques, embedding cultural competence training in the pre-service agriscience degree program, and providing in-service training to help recruit and retain diverse underrepresented student populations. All of these efforts could help to recruit and retain diverse and underrepresented populations in the high school agriculture programs, which could impact postsecondary enrollment of underrepresented student populations. During this reporting window, the following tasks were accomplished related to objective one: and two 1. Focus groups were conducted with underrepresented minority students during the spring, twelve students participated 2. Additional focus groups were held this fall with the majority student population, five students participated 3. These focus groups were analyzed to identify themes related to what students classify as culturally responsive teaching and how these techniques impact their learning 4. Conference presentation abstract was submitted and accepted to be presented in 2019
Publications
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Progress 09/07/17 to 09/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:Approximately ten graduate students were contacted to be part of a pilot focus group to be held in November 2017. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period will focus onthe following goals: 1. Training graduate students in qualitative research methods specifically in focus group facilitation. 2. Mississippi State University diverse underrepresented populations will be recruited to participate in focus groups related to identifying culturally responsive teaching techniques and their impact on learners. 3. Data from focus groups will be analyzed to help prescribe changes to the current pre-service agriculture education teacher program. 4. Results of focus groups will also be disseminated to appropriate regional and national outlets.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The following research project will work towardsidentifying culturally responsive teaching techniques, imbedding cultural competence training in the pre-service agriscience degree program, and providing in-service training to help recruit and retain diverse underrepresented student populations. All of these efforts could help to recruit and retain diverse and underrepresented populations in the high school agriculture programs, which could impact postsecondary enrollment of underrepresented student populations. During this reporting window the following tasks were accomlished related to objective one: 1. IRB proposal submitted 2. Graduate students contacted to request participation in pilot focus group to begin identifying cultural responsive teaching techniques and fine tune the focus group protocol.
Publications
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