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Direct linkAmy Cosby; Nicole McDonald; Kristen Lovric – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: To identify a skilled micro-credentialled training pathway for agricultural careers. Design/Methodology/Approach: A survey consisting of open ended and Likert-type ratings questions regarding workforce skills requirements, training priorities and training delivery preferences was administered with 17 agricultural business managers and…
Descriptors: Guided Pathways, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Occupations, Seasonal Laborers
Schmitt, Ann M.; Horner, Sherri L.; Lavery, Matthew R. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
Children of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) in the United States face educational challenges from language barriers and disjointed schooling due to migration and other factors. This quasi-experimental pretest/posttest study investigated whether summer Migrant Education Programs (MEP) could help prevent summer learning loss in English…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Program Effectiveness, Migrant Children, English (Second Language)
Pena, Anita Alves – Education Economics, 2015
Job training and employment assistance programs aim to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents locate steady employment and develop job skills. This study investigates effects of educational programs on wages, annual time allocations, and poverty of male and female farmworkers and their families using regression analysis in…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Agricultural Laborers, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness
Preibisch, Kerry L. – Rural Sociology, 2007
Temporary visa workers are increasingly taking on a heightened profile in Canada, entering the workforce each year in greater numbers than immigrant workers with labor mobility rights (Sharma 2006). This paper examines the incorporation of foreign workers in Canadian horticulture under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). I argue that…
Descriptors: Industry, Research Methodology, Foreign Workers, Labor
Download full textDoyle, Eva; Rager, Robin; Bates, Denise; Cooper, Cheryl – American Journal of Health Education, 2006
Principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) were applied among migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) in a seven-county region of east Texas. The study purpose was to establish community-based partnerships for CBPR and conduct a preliminary qualitative assessment of perceived health needs and capacities. Key informant interviews…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Participatory Research, Health Conditions
