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Miller, Daniel R.; And Others – 1975
To improve vocational educational programs in agriculture, occupational information on a common core of basic skills within the occupational area of the floral designer is presented in the revised task inventory survey. The purpose of the occupational survey was to identify a common core of basic skills which are performed and are essential for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Design Crafts, Designers, Floriculture
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. School Planning and Building Research Section. – 1968
This booklet presents suggested plans and specifications for and discusses facilities common to technical and occupational shops. Drawings, room plans, and text illustrate specifications for drafting rooms, a welding shop, an automechanics shop, an auto body shop, and a high school greenhouse. Also included are facility designs for agricultural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Auto Mechanics, Drafting, Environmental Education
American Vocational Association, Washington, DC. Agricultural Education Div. – 1971
To provide teachers of vocational agriculture, agricultural supervisors, and agricultural teacher educators with information on current curriculum materials available to them, this annotated bibliography presents 207 references classified according to the AGDEX filing system. Topics are: (1) Field Crops, (2) Horticulture, (3) Forestry, (4) Animal…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations, Agronomy
American Vocational Association, Washington, DC. Agricultural Education Div. – 1971
Members of the Curriculum Materials Committee collect materials available to them prior to each American Vocational Association Meeting. The resulting bibliography contains current, non-commercial materials developed by persons in vocational education in agriculture for use in that field, but of interest beyond the state in which it was developed.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations, Agronomy
Wicker, Sandra J. – 1997
Evaluating library collections by comparing them to bibliographies has a long history in research libraries. This evaluative study examined all 107 titles within the "Women in Botany" section of the Herbarium Library at The Ohio State University (OSU). The Herbarium is not part of the OSU Library system, but functions as a satellite to…
Descriptors: Botany, Higher Education, Horticulture, Library Collection Development
Brooks, Katherine Walker – 1997
This publication introduces the concept of therapeutic recreation (TR), illustrating its natural fit into the educational process and its use with at-risk students, and providing resources for further use. Section 1 examines what places a child at risk, focusing on educational goals, student behaviors, and home life. Section 2 defines TR as a…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Creative Art, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hershey, David R. – Bioscience, 1992
Reviews rationale, purposes, challenges, and relevance of hands-on, plant biology curricula that have been developed in response to the limited use of plants in biology education. Discusses methods to maintain both instructional rigor and student interest in the following topics: cut flowers, container-growing media, fertilizers, hydroponics,…
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
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Neperud, Ronald W. – Art Education, 1997
Profiles a number of projects and activities enacted during the 1996 Summer Colloquium, "Art and Ecology: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Curriculum." Participants created ecologically sensitive structures for pond life at a nearby wetland and attended a dramatic presentation about early mound dwellers performed on the site. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Creative Expression
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Fox, Linda Kirk; And Others – 1993
These nine cooperative extension bulletins provide basic information on various alternative agricultural enterprises. Discussed in the first eight bulletins are the following topics: business ownership (sole proprietorship, partnership, incorporation, cooperatives); business and the family (goals, qualifications, ways of ensuring family support,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education
Airhart, Douglas L.; And Others – Journal of Therapeutic Horticulture, 1987
A horticultural training program was developed in conjunction with a prevocational program designed for students with limited ability to perform in a normal high school setting due to moderate intellectual impairment or socialization problems. Prior appraisal by the job developer of a client's adaptability to the program was required to provide…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Occupations, Cooperative Education, Developmental Disabilities
Renfro, Roy E. – 1987
This guide is intended for use in presenting courses in viticulture and enology to prepare individuals for the following occupations: vineyard supervisor, grape grower, grape harvest worker, winemaker, cellar master, and winery worker. The guide includes descriptions of these occupations taken from the "Dictionary of Occupational…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agronomy
Weston, Shann C.; Kirts, Carla A. – 1986
This instructor's guide contains three units for teaching gardening and root cellaring in Alaska. The units are intended to be used in long-term gardening projects so students can learn fundamental principles and techniques and apply them to a gardening situation. Each unit contains an overview that provides a basic framework for understanding the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Behavioral Objectives, Botany
McBain, Susan L. – 1981
This is the fourth in a set of 36 teaching guides for the Entrepreneurship Training modules and accompanies CE 031 036. Its purpose is to give students some idea of what it is like to own and operate a garden center. Following an overview are general notes on use of the module. Suggested steps for module use contain suggestions on introducing the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Advertising, Business Administration, Business Education
Stuttgart Public Schools, AR.
This curriculum guide is designed for group instruction of secondary agricultural education students enrolled in one or two semester-long courses in ornamental horticulture. The guide presents units of study in the following areas: (1) horticulture and job opportunities, (2) preparing soil mixtures, (3) control, (4) plant propagation, (5) plant…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Guides, Employment Opportunities, Greenhouses
Steimel, Laura C. – 1979
Two needs were addressed in this project: (1) the effective utilization of V-TECS (Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States) catalogs of performance objectives, and (2) development of a system to assess curriculum needs. Three instructional areas were chosen for development from combined V-TECS catalogs and other materials after review…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Auto Mechanics, Competence
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