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Jason D. McKibben; Marco Giliberti; Christopher A. Clemons; Kelly Holler; James R. Lindner – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to determine students' perceived confidence in mechanics skills increases through exploration and enlargement of the college education experience. This paper describes the relationship between West Virginia University first-semester agricultural education pre-service teachers' perception of their confidence in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Agriculture Teachers, Agricultural Education, Woodworking
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Hainline, Mark S.; Wells, Trent – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
A historical portion of many school-based agricultural education (SBAE) programs, agricultural mechanics remains popular in schools across the nation. As such, pre-service and in-service teachers should be prepared to effectively deliver agricultural mechanics instruction (Burris, Robinson, & Terry, 2005). Agricultural education researchers…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Skills
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Wells, Trent; Hainline, Mark S.; Rank, Bryan D.; Sanders, Kevin W.; Chumbley, Steven – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2021
A priority of agricultural teacher education programs is to develop technically competent, prepared school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers. SBAE teachers should be knowledgeable in various agricultural subject matter, such as agricultural mechanics. Using Roberts and Ball's (2009) Content-based Model for Teaching Agriculture as the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Knowledge Level
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Luck, Joe D.; Fulton, John P.; Rees, Jennifer – Journal of Extension, 2015
Three Precision Agriculture Data Management workshops regarding yield monitor data were conducted in 2014, reaching 62 participants. Post-workshop surveys (n = 58) indicated 73% of respondents experienced a moderate to significant increase in knowledge related to yield monitor data usage. Another 72% reported that they planned to utilize best…
Descriptors: Workshops, Data, Database Management Systems, Agricultural Education
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Akpo, Essegbemon; Crane, Todd A.; Vissoh, Pierre V.; Tossou, Rigobert C. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: Changing research design and methodologies regarding how researchers articulate with end-users of technology is an important consideration in developing sustainable agricultural practices. This paper analyzes a joint experiment as a multi-stakeholder process and contributes to understand how the way of organizing social learning affects…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Agricultural Education, Group Dynamics, Feedback (Response)
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Kibwika, P.; Wals, A. E. J.; Nassuna-Musoke, M. G. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2009
Governments and development agencies in Sub-Saharan Africa are experimenting alternative approaches within the innovation systems paradigm to enhance relevance of agricultural research and extension to the poverty eradication agenda. Uganda, for example, has recently shifted from the supply driven to demand-led agricultural research and extension.…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education
Hansen, Herbert Eugene – 1970
To determine needed competencies in welding for agricultural maintenance, questionnaires from 185 farmers familar with welding and 96 job-shop welders representing 40 percent of the Iowa vocational agriculture departments were rated and evaluated. The ten most needed competencies in arc welding were found to be: (1) understanding of the effect of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Skills, Masters Theses
Skadburg, Norman D. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Skills
Robinson, Ward R. – 1986
This document consists of a teacher's guide for a competency-based course on homestead and gardening skills designed for North Carolina's 11th- and 12th-grade students, and a list of competency test items applicable to the course. The teacher's guide contains course specifications, a list of competency statements, a sheet describing each unit of…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Skills
Hoerner, Thomas A. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Skills
Hansen, Herbert E.; Oades, John D. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Provides suggestions for mechanics skills to be included in an ornamental horticulture program. (HD)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Skills, Curriculum
Almazan, Isais, Jr. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Through the study of agricultural mechanics or farm shop, students are able to discover their mechanical aptitudes and also develop a sense of satisfaction that comes with the experience of personal accomplishments at the Victoria-Stroman High School. Adults are encouraged to participate in the Specialist Program which is sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Skills
Weber, Richard C. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
Knotts, C. Don; Webb, Earl S. – Agricultural Education, 1974
Fifty successful young Texas farmers evaluated agricultural mechanics skills (in the broad areas of farm power and machinery, farm shop, farm electricity, buildings and conveniences, and soil and water management) in terms of their importance. Teachers can use the findings to plan course content relevant to their students' needs. (AJ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Skills
Webb, Earl S.; Knotts, Clifton Don – 1970
This study identified skills that should be taught in the agricultural mechanics area of production vocational agriculture courses in Texas high schools. The data were obtained from questionnaires given to 50 young farmers who had been recognized by the State Association of Young Farmers of Texas for outstanding farming programs during one of the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Skills, Educational Programs
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