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Hamilton, George W. – 1982
A study identified the competencies needed by full-time employees entering the apple production industry. Other objectives of the study included: (1) identification of differences among competency areas needed for employees working for large, medium, and small growers (based on acreage); and (2) identification of differences among competency areas…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agronomy, Competence
Download full textCUSHMAN, HAROLD R.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE CONCERNS AND EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND EMPLOYERS REGARDING PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS. CONCERNS AND EXPECTATIONS CITED IN PREVIOUS STUDIES WERE INCLUDED IN AN INTERVIEW SCHEDULE WHICH WAS FIELD TESTED, REFINED, AND ADMINISTERED TO 105 ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE AND…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Cooperative Education, Employer Attitudes
NIRODE, BERNARD R. – 1967
A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR VOCATIONAL HORTICULTURE STUDENTS WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE KINDS OF HORTICULTURE PROGRAMS AND THE TYPES AND SCOPE OF EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS OFFERED AND OBTAIN TEACHER APPRAISALS OF THE EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS WHICH SHOULD BE REQUIRED AND THE FACILITIES NEEDED TO PROVIDE SATISFACTORY PROGRAMS. OF 25 SCHOOLS…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Course Content, Educational Facilities, Enrollment
Welch, Antoinette Wojciak; McCracken, J. David – 1983
A study examined the readability of vocational horticulture instructional materials used by 40 schools participating in the 1981 Ohio Horticulture Achievement Testing Program. During the first part of the study, researchers administered a mail questionnaire to 31 teachers to identify the materials that were used most frequently, to obtain…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Difficulty Level, Horticulture
Stitt, Thomas R.; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this project was to prepare materials to be used in the review and evaluation of an agricultural occupations program. Based on standards validated by Illinois agricultural occupations teachers, a standards workbook was developed that included standards specific to agricultural production, agricultural sales and service, agricultural…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
Makin, Richard C. – 1981
A study examined which agricultural mechanics skills were being taught by vocational horticulture teachers in Pennsylvania and compared the degree of proficiency possessed by teachers for particular competencies with the indicated relative importance of these competencies as perceived by employers in the horticulture industry. Also examined were…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Skills, Competence
Cushman, Harold R.; And Others – 1968
The project objectives were to (1) develop empirically tested guidelines and procedures for initiating, developing, and operating cooperative education programs for secondary students in off-farm agricultural occupations, (2) evaluate the effectiveness of cooperative work experience, and (3) determine the effect of the extent of work experience on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Comparative Analysis
Trenerry, Ruth – 2000
The implementation and effectiveness of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy in industry training packages was examined in a case study that focused on the use the horticulture industry training package in South Australia. Data were gathered from the following activities: a literature review; consultations with stakeholders in the package's…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
