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Walker, Larkin V., Jr. – 1978
An instructor's manual and student activity guide on forestry seedlings are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of agriculture. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home economics,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Forestry, Horticulture
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
McCracken, J. David, Ed.; Newcomb, L. H., Ed. – 1975
Twenty-two field-tested instructional units were developed for use in adult and young farmer education by 20 specially trained agriculture teachers in Ohio. The resource units were developed in the following agriculture areas of instruction: corn and soybean production, agriculture mechanics, swine production, farm management, and horticulture.…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Production
Berks County Schools, Reading, PA. – 1974
Student vocational interest and agricultural business surveys were conducted in Berks County, Pennsylvania to gauge career opportunities in off-farm agricultural occupations. The seven categories of businesses surveyed included agriculture supplies, agriculture mechanics, horticulture mechanics, floriculture, landscaping, turf, and garden center…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Curriculum Development, Educational Demand, Employment Opportunities

Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1976
The study, based on a survey of agricultural industry in Hawaii, was conducted to obtain current job task information to be used as the basis for curriculum improvement in agricultural technology and ornamental horticulture. It determines the kinds and frequency of job skills and the importance of the accompanying knowledge required. A checklist…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Agricultural Technicians, Check Lists
Grant, Lee P.; And Others – 1974
The document provides 17 outlines of brief instructional units in mechanics, which are intended for incorporation into an existing program of study in ornamental horticulture at the secondary or postsecondary level. To facilitate the flexible use of the outlines, a grid is presented on which seven occupational areas (such as aboriculture,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Mechanical Equipment
Harbage, Monroe; Lechner, Donald L. – 1975
The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the horticulture equipment and services occupation. The document opens with a brief introduction followed by a job description. The bulk of the document is presented in table form. Fourteen duties are…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Equipment Maintenance, Horticulture, Job Analysis
Tulloch, Rodney W. – 1972
Designed to serve as a resource tool in a high school vocational agriculture curriculum dealing with the environment as it relates to agriculture, this unit is concerned with plants. Plants are defined and their characteristics described. A section on the effects of environment on higher plants covers temperature, light, water, nutrients, air,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Ecology, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
Farquhar, R. N. – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a comprehensive survey of education and training for agriculture in Australia. The present facilities are described, and then set against estimates of present and future needs. Constructive proposals are made as to how these needs can best be met by agricultural…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agronomy
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of horticulture students, this instructional package is one of four for the agribusiness and natural resources occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Curriculum, Horticulture, Instructional Materials
Chrein, George – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1976
The rapid growth of vocational ornamental horticulture programs in and around New York City and the wide variations in teachers' occupational and educational backgrounds necessitated inservice assistance in program implementation. The Board of Education offered a series of hands-on skills shops based on occupational competencies teachers wanted to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Skills
Ashlock, Anthony – Agricultural Education, 1977
Six new vocational agriculture curriculum guides which are being developed at Stuttgart High School in Arkansas will cover the following instructional areas: soybean and rice production, horticulture, farm buildings design and layout, agriculture metal working, agricultural farm building and structures, and farm machinery. (BM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Production, Construction (Process)

O'Connell, Raymond; Lehman, Jeffrey R. – Science and Children, 1986
Describes several hands-on science activities which focus on the use of apples. Suggests several ways of using apples to teach classification. Proposes a field trip to an orchard as a culminating activity. (TW)
Descriptors: Botany, Classification, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Wiebold, W. J.; Slaughter, Leon – Journal of Agronomic Education, 1986
Reviews a study that examined the effects of laboratories on the grade performance of undergraduates in an introductory crop science course. Results indicated that students enrolled in lecture and laboratory concurrently did not receive higher lecture grades than students enrolled solely in lecture, but did have higher laboratory grades. (ML)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agronomy, College Science

Henderson, Jan – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1984
A study was conducted to quantify the laboratory time-on-task behavior of students enrolled in selected programs of vocational horticulture and to relate variables to time-on-task behavior. Standing idle was the most frequent reason for coding behavior off task. Male pupils had higher time-on-task scores than female pupils. (CT)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Females, Horticulture