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Dharmendra Kalauni; Laura A. Warner; Colby J. Silvert; Cody Gusto; John M. Diaz; Jaret Daniels – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2023
This study was designed to understand the current state of wildlife-friendly landscape maintenance practices and the associated barriers and motivations among Florida green industry professionals. A Delphi technique to achieve consensus, along with descriptive survey questions, was used to facilitate feedback from Florida-based green industry…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Agricultural Education, Extension Education, Conservation (Environment)
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Warner, Laura A.; Diaz, John M.; Gusto, Cody – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2020
Differences in attitudes, perceived behavioral control, social norms (i.e., influence of others), and intent to engage in good residential landscape fertilizer practices were examined among people with high- and low-exposure to water bodies (blue space). Florida's residential fertilizer users are exposed to stormwater retention ponds, lakes, and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Water Quality, Horticulture, Environmental Education
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Warner, Laura A.; Diaz, John; Chaudhary, Anil Kumar; Gusto, Cody; Ali, Amanda D. – Journal of Extension, 2018
Extension provides personalized educational services collectively known as individual contact teaching (ICT), yet these services often are not evaluated. This article presents results from pilot testing of an approach for evaluating ICT. Extension representatives and clientele provided data on ICT events, primarily office consultations and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Individualized Instruction, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Warner, Laura A.; Lamm, Alexa J.; Rumble, Joy N. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
This study tested the effect of four short videos appealing to environmental values on home irrigation users' intent to use good irrigation and fertilization practices. The videos were largely ineffective, and there was only a small effect on one of the behaviors within the fertilizer loss treatment group. Implications point to a need for…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Environmental Standards, Environmental Education, Video Technology
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Monaghan, Paul; Ott, Emily; Wilber, Wendy; Gouldthorpe, Jessica; Racevskis, Laila – Journal of Extension, 2013
A tool from social marketing can help Extension agents understand distinct audience segments among their constituents. Defining targeted audiences for Extension programming is a first step to influencing behavior change among the public. An online survey was conducted using an Extension email list for urban households receiving a monthly lawn and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Conservation (Environment), Water, Audiences
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Strong, Robert; Harder, Amy – Journal of Extension, 2011
Master Gardeners are very important in helping Extension deliver horticultural information to local citizens. The theoretical framework of the study reported here was based on Houle's Typology. The purpose was to develop an understanding of adult motivations to participate in the Florida Master Gardener program. The sampled population was 613…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Educational Needs, Attribution Theory, Student Participation
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Curry, Thomas L.; Cheek, Jimmy G. – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1982
This study was conducted to determine the reactions of selected agribusiness and natural resources education teachers in Florida to the Nursery Operations Instructional Materials and to identify how the teachers used these materials. (SSH)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Environmental Education
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Noxel, Sherri; Cheek, Jimmy G. – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1988
A study found that the scope of supervised occupational experience as measured by total Productive Man Work Units was positively related to student achievement in ornamental horticulture. (JOW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Schools, Ornamental Horticulture, Supervised Farm Practice
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Skelly, Sonja M.; Bradley, Jennifer Campbell – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2007
This article summarizes a 2000 study of school garden programs and their variation and the impact of such variation on 427 third-grade students' sense of responsibility and attitudes toward science and the environment. A teacher questionnaire was developed to gain insight into how teachers use school gardens with their students and in their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Classification, Gardening, Outdoor Education
Geyer, Klaus J.; Sweat, Don E. – 1979
Based on a survey of 710 randomly selected persons from the Pinellas County (St. Petersburg area), Florida, Cooperative Extension mailing list, 54 of 566 respondents (9.5 percent) were willing to volunteer part of their time to assist the local Extension education program. Most respondents indicated home economics and horticulture as the main…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Extension Education, Home Economics
Cheek, Jimmy G.; McGhee, Max B. – 1983
The central purpose of this study was to develop and field test written criterion-referenced tests for the ornamental horticulture component of applied principles of agribusiness and natural resources occupations programs. The test items were to be used by secondary agricultural education students in Florida. Based upon the objectives identified…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Competence, Competency Based Education