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Doss, William; Rayfield, John – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
Changes in Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAEs) and a lack of SAE category knowledge have been identified as causes to declining SAE participation (Dyer & Osborne, 1995; Steel, 1997; Wilson & Moore, 2007). Recently, the National Council for Agricultural Education and the National FFA Organization have redefined SAE and created new…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Field Experience Programs, Program Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Schwarz, Amy Louise; Jurica, Meagan; Edge, Charlsa Matson; Stiller, Rachel; Webb-Culver, Taylor; Abdi, Hervé – American Annals of the Deaf, 2022
Teachers of the d/Deaf (TODs) struggle to select appropriate storybooks for elementary-aged Deaf pre-readers who use American Sign Language (Hayes & Shaw, 1994). Hayes and Shaw (1994) created a book selection system for TODs, but their methodology was difficult to evaluate. The purpose of the present research was to create an empirically…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, American Sign Language
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Nordberg, Anne; Praetorius, Regina T.; McCoy, Mary K.; Mitschke, D. B.; Henderson, Jeremiah – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
Criminal-justice-involved clients often are a complicated population for students to consider through a lens of oppression. Nevertheless, it is critical that they do so given that many will serve clients with criminal records during their careers. An attempt to challenge students' prejudice toward criminal-justice-involved people was deployed…
Descriptors: Crime, Justice, Social Bias, Teaching Methods
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Dewald, Stacey S.; Murphrey, Theresa P.; Leggette, Holli R.; Berthold, Allen; Wagner, Kevin – Journal of Extension, 2019
To assist Extension professionals working in Texas's Little River Watershed with efforts to educate landowners about reducing amounts of bacteria there, we assessed motivations for and barriers to landowners' adopting best management practices (BMPs). We surveyed 275 landowners in the watershed. Respondents were at least somewhat familiar with…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Agricultural Education, Microbiology, Barriers
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Haggerty, Julie M.; Mueller, Megan Kiely – Innovative Higher Education, 2017
This study investigated the prevalence of increasingly popular animal-assisted stress relief programs at higher education institutions across the United States. Although research on animal-assisted programs is increasing, there is still a lack of information documenting implementation of these programs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Animals, Stress Management, Higher Education, Intervention
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Ogilvie, Andrea M.; Knight, David B. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2019
To make the transfer student pathway viable to meet workforce needs, it is essential to think beyond simply linking two institutions and getting students in the door--students need to be supported throughout the adjustment period. In this article, we address the "support" aspect of the problem by reporting findings from 306 engineering…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Engineering Education, Hispanic American Students, Student Adjustment
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Stark, Johnnie; Park, Jin Gyu – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: This longitudinal study assessed student perceptions of sustainable design issues in the context of an accredited interior design program. Although literature exists documenting the integration of sustainable strategies into interior design curriculum, more analysis is needed to determine the impact of program experiences on students'…
Descriptors: Interior Design, Student Attitudes, Sustainability, Longitudinal Studies
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Zhang, Yi Leaf; Dinh, Trang V. – NACADA Journal, 2017
In recent years, an increasing number of international students have enrolled in engineering programs in U.S. colleges and universities. These students often encounter challenges, and academic advisors play a significant role in international students' academic success. Using a model of intercultural communication competence, we explored attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Foreign Students, Foreign Student Advisers, Engineering Education
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Sharkey, Sonya; Denke, Linda; Herbert, Morley A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
To overcome barriers to improved outcomes, we undertook an intervention to teach schoolchildren how to detect a stroke and call emergency medical services (EMS). We obtained permission from parents and guardians to use an 8-min puppet show to instruct the fourth, fifth, and sixth graders about stroke detection, symptomatology, and calling EMS. A…
Descriptors: Intervention, Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Programs, Medical Services