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PDF pending restorationKaas, Duane; Kahler, Alan A. – 1975
This study was undertaken to identify occupational areas in the horticultural industry and to identify, describe, and categorize the mental and physical skills needed by workers in horticultural occupations. Competency lists were developed for these occupational areas: arborist services, farm and garden supply centers, golf course management,…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Job Analysis, Job Skills, Occupational Information
Walton, Jimmie – Agricultural Education, 1977
To help evaluate the effectiveness of the ten-year horticulture program at the Bath County (Kentucky) High School, a questionnaire was developed and sent to its 127 graduates. Conclusions were that the program has been a success and should be broadened from the present two to three years. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Objectives, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates
Long, Diana – 1979
This secondary-level, competency-based curriculum contains 11 modules for Nursery and Greenhouse Worker. A companion teacher's guide is available separately--see note. Each module contains a number of West Virginia-validated Nursery and Greenhouse Worker tasks/competencies with a performance guide listing the steps needed to perform each task,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Guides
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. – 1980
An Illinois project developed competency-based curriculum guides for Gardening/Groundskeeping and Floriculture using the V-TECS (Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States) catalogues. The programs were designed to provide students at the senior high school and two-year college level with entry-level and higher job skills and to provide…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
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Direct linkDepigny, Sylvain; Michelin, Yves – Simulation & Gaming, 2007
Landscape changes in Europe's rural areas seem to generate a more visible impact. This trend raises new questions on rural management and brings about a conflict between farmers' land-use patterns and public expectations, which are often exclusively based on esthetics. The aim of the SHRUB BATTLE board game is to help tutors make future rural…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Games
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. Cook Coll. – 1985
A horticultural core curriculum and draft copies of three horticultural cluster curricula are provided. Materials related to the curriculum development project appear first. The core curriculum is designed to provide broad initial instruction in horticulture for students in the first year of a secondary-level vocational horticulture program. The…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Business Administration, Core Curriculum, Floriculture
Download full textLegacy, Jim; And Others – 1980
This competency-based curriculum unit on insects and diseases is one of four developed for classroom use in teaching the turf and lawn services area of horticulture. The five sections are each divided into teaching content (in a question-and-answer format) and student skills that outline steps and factors for consideration. Topics covered include…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Check Lists, Competency Based Education, Disease Control
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Vocational and Technical Education. – 1965
THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS GUIDE IS TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO IENTIFY COMMON PLANTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURIST. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE BASIS OF DATA FROM A NUMBER OF STATE STUDIES. IT IS ONE OF A SERIES DESIGNED TO PREPARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR HORTICULTURE-SERVICE OCCUPATIONS. SUGGESTIONS FOR…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Bibliographies, High Schools, Horticulture
Hall, William A.; And Others – 1971
The purposes of the study were to: (1) determine some major characteristics of Marion County soybean producers and their farms; (2) more accurately determine which recommended production practices soybean producers were using in 1968 and 1969; (3) study the relation between use of recommended production practices and yield levels; and (4) identify…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Farm Management, Farmers, Horticulture
Lubbe, Clarence – Sch Shop, 1969
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Horticulture, Industrial Arts, Trees
Texas A and M Univ., College Station. Vocational Instructional Services. – 1979
This curriculum guide consists of 14 units for use in teaching a high school level horticulture course. Covered in the individual units are the following topics: opportunities in horticultural occupations; plant classification and identification; structures and equipment used in producing greenhouse, ornamental, and nursery plants; greenhouse…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Skills
Albracht, James, Ed.
This secondary horticulture curriculum guide is one of a set of three designated as the basic core of instruction for horticulture programs in Kansas. Units of instruction are presented in eight sections: (1) Human Relations, (2) Business Operations, (3) Greenhouse, (4) Retail Flowershop Operation, (5) Landscape Nursery, (6) Lawn Maintenance, (7)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Business Skills, Course Content
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
Gibson, J. C.; And Others – 1979
Designed for use when the student or the class is expected to grow a crop using the high school greenhouse, these learning activity packages are sequenced in typical greenhouse cropping fashion: (1) poinsettias in the fall, (2) Easter lilies (bulb crop) in the winter, (3) bedding plants (seed crop) in the spring, and (4) a nursery crop (from…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Floriculture, Greenhouses, High Schools
Nelson, Clifford L. – Amer Vocat J, 1970
The disadvantaged, the slow learner, the average and the able--all can profit from courses organized around a horticulture core. (Editor)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Employment Opportunities, Grounds Keepers, Horticulture
