Using the Health Belief Model to Comparatively Examine the Welding Safety Beliefs of Postsecondary Agricultural Education Students and Their Non-Agricultural Education Peers

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Ryan; Velez, Jonathan; Anderson, Shawn
Titel	Using the Health Belief Model to Comparatively Examine the Welding Safety Beliefs of Postsecondary Agricultural Education Students and Their Non-Agricultural Education Peers
Quelle	In: Career and Technical Education Research, 39 (2014) 1, S.9-22 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-754X
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Attitudes; Beliefs; Safety; Agricultural Education; Agricultural Machinery; Models; Welding; Metal Working; Correlation; Comparative Analysis; Student Surveys; Self Efficacy; Safety Education; Majors (Students); Nonmajors; Preservice Teachers; Accidents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Sicherheit; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Machinery; Machines; Technik; Landmaschine; Landwirtschaftliche Technik; Analogiemodell; Schweißen; Metallarbeit; Korrelation; Schülerbefragung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Sicherheitserziehung
Abstract	The purpose of this descriptive correlational research was to investigate postsecondary agriculture students' perceptions regarding the safe use of agricultural mechanics equipment. Students enrolled in a university metals and welding course were surveyed using an adapted instrument to assess constructs of the Health Beliefs Model, self-efficacy for learning, and self-efficacy for safety. The purpose of this study was to identify the health belief structures of the students enrolled in the course, in order to tailor instruction that enhances the self-efficacy and purposeful behaviors of all course participants. The respondents (N = 117) were separated according to major with 18.8% (n = 22) representing agricultural education preservice teachers. Findings showed that agricultural education students indicated that they were more susceptible to safety accidents and had a lower self-efficacy for learning and self-efficacy for safety. This study revealed that students perceive safety instruction as vital in a metals and welding course. Results identified several key opportunities to improve the safety of both students and instructors. The safety training of agricultural education preservice teachers is vital to the safe and effective operation of agricultural mechanics laboratories. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for Career and Technical Education Research. Web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~laanan/actermain/publications.shtml
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01