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Direct linkGwo-Jen Hwang; An-Chi Lin; Shao-Chen Chang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Digital games have been used in various disciplines to enhance students' learning interest and effectiveness through the gaming contexts. However, most of the digital educational games use multiple-choice questions to confirm students' learning status, implying the challenge of understanding the actual learning status of students. Also, the gaming…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, Horticulture
Download full textDobricki, Martin; Kim, Kevin G.; Coppi, Alessia E.; Dillenbourg, Pierre; Cattaneo, Alberto – Research in Learning Technology, 2021
Virtual reality (VR) may be useful for situating school-based vocational education in work-life by simulating a work situation such that learners viewing this VR work situation are located inside it. The reason for this assumption is that VR can fully spatially include its viewer. Research on the utility of viewer-including VR work situations for…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Tomaino, Robert – Exceptional Parent, 2011
This article discusses Roses for Autism, a program that provides training, guidance and employment opportunities for older students and adults on the autistic spectrum. Roses for Autism tackles one of the biggest challenges currently facing the autism community--a disproportionally high unemployment rate that hovers around 88 percent. Although a…
Descriptors: Autism, Employment Opportunities, Decision Making Skills, Vocational Education
Murdock, Ashleigh Barbee, Ed. – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2011
Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Field Trips, Learning Activities, Federal Legislation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Occupational and Career Curriculum Development. – 1974
Each of the 32 curriculum modules in this packet for ornamental horticulture instruction contains a brief description of the module content, a list of the major division or units, the overall objectives, objectives by units, content outline and suggested teaching methods, student application activities, and evaluation procedures. A listing of…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Horticulture, Instructional Materials
Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1970
Developed by a technical education specialist, this guide is designed to aid school administrators in planning and developing 2-year post-high school programs or evaluating existing programs in ornamental horticulture technology. In addition to general information on the program, contents include course outlines with examples of tests and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Guides, Floriculture, Landscaping
Oliver, Michael L. – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2008
As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…
Descriptors: Gardening, Horticulture, Water, Associate Degrees
Johnson, Johnny M.; Webb, Earl S. – 1969
To determine what should be taught to persons preparing for employment in the horticultural industry, 30 nursery owners or operators chosen from five geographic areas of nursery concentration in Texas were interviewed. The specific objectives were to determine: (1) the most important competencies, (2) the influence of geographic location and size…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Job Skills
Clark, Nathan H. – Agr Educ Mag, 1969
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Ornamental Horticulture, Ornamental Horticulture Occupations, Program Descriptions
Ember, Jane – Monday Morning, 1970
Descriptors: Horticulture, Learning Disabilities, Nurseries (Horticulture), Student Attitudes
Geer, Barbra Farabough – 1981
This learning packet contains teaching suggestions and student learning materials for a course in basic horticulture aimed at preparing students for employment in a number of horticulture areas. The packet includes nine sections and twenty instructional units. Following the standard format established for Oklahoma vocational education materials in…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Learning Activities, Learning Modules, Nurseries (Horticulture)
Long, Lori; Dubois, Cathy; Faley, Robert – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
This article examines utilization of online training courses in a Midwest-based landscaping company in the United States. The company had implemented online training to facilitate employee development for their 5,000 employees who were in locations throughout the United States. The courses had been in place for about a decade before the…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Case Studies, Training Methods
Jones, Richard D. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Growing interest in conservation and horticulture in New York State has caused the addition of these specialized areas to the annual statewide agricultural education contests. Contest categories in both areas are listed. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Conservation (Environment), Horticulture, Ornamental Horticulture
Welch, A. W. – 1984
This teacher's guide is designed for use in a vocational horticulture course designed to prepare students for jobs as nursery workers. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: the nursery industry; soils; plant growth; plant nutrition; plant propagation methods; nursery field practices; pest control; techniques for…
Descriptors: Accounting, Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Botany
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Coll. of Agriculture. – 1967
THIS RESOURCE MATERIAL FOR USE IN HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND ADULT FARMER CLASSES WAS DESIGNED BY SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS, TEACHER EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEACHERS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS IN TRANSPLANTING SHADE TREES. THE MAJOR SECTION TITLES ARE STATED AS PROBLEMS -- (1) HOW SHOULD I PREPARE A TREE FOR MOVING,…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, High Schools, Horticulture
