Premium
Achievement of National FHA‐HERO Purposes in Wisconsin HERO Chapters
Author(s) -
Way Wendy L.,
Kniep Christine H.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8201000307
Subject(s) - hero , psychology , sociology , art , literature
This article reports the results of a study designed to determine student and advisor attitudes toward the extent to which the nationally established purposes of the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) student organization were being achieved in Wisconsin Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) chapters. FHA and HERO chapters have the same purposes. To carry out the assessment, an instrument containing attitude statements reflecting achievement of the various purposes was developed and administered to 76 percent of all HERO advisors and 26 percent of all HERO students in Wisconsin. Calculations of reliability indicated the instrument was an effective device for measuring attitudes toward achievement of the FHA‐HERO purposes in HERO chapters. Calculations of mean attitude scores re vealed that all purposes were being achieved in Wisconsin HERO chapters but only to a moderate degree. Application of students' t‐tests further indicated that advisors felt half of the purposes were being achieved to a significantly greater extent than did students and that both students and advisors felt some purposes were being achieved to a significantly greater extent than other purposes. Based on the findings, recommendations were made for both HERO and teacher education program planning and further research.