IN THIS STUDY OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE HOME ECONOMICS LEADERS IN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION MAKING, THE GUIDING PURPOSE WAS TO DEVELOP DIMENSIONS FOR MEASURING SUCH INVOLVEMENT AND TO ASSESS HOW WELL THE ITEMS CONSTITUTING THE DIMENSIONS MEASURED CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND VARIABLES. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DEVELOPED AROUND FOUR…

Nonformal adult education in Tanzania includes literacy classes, rural extension, community development, training within industry (TWI), civil service inservice training courses, correspondence and evening courses, residential adult education (Kivukoni College,) and women's groups other than literacy classes. Provisions for nonformal education…

This annotated bibliography dealing with cooperative extension contains 109 indexed and abstracted entries arranged under the following headings: (1) administrative organization and management; (2) training and staff development for extension workers; (3) organization of people to participate in extension; (4) volunteer local leaders; (5) program…

General works (bibliographies, year books, directories, encyclopedias, periodicals), historical and descriptive surveys and biographical notes, international, national, and state organizations and movements, adult education methods and subject fields, theoretical aspects, service to special clientele groups (women, youth, immigrants, aborigines,…

The topic of this lecture is building a base of support for research and development in agriculture. First discussed is some of the history of agriculture education in America, including (1) the Morrill Act, which gave public lands to states for agricultural colleges; (2) the Hatch Act, the purpose of which was to promote investigation,…

Providing the chief example of a successful adult education movement in the United States, the Cooperative Extension Service has demonstrated the capacity to adjust its programs to meet changing rural and urban needs. The roughly 3000 local offices provide people with ready access to a staff who are backed up by the land-grant university based…

This study evaluated whether effectiveness in curriculum planning groups is raised by involving a professional adult educator as a nondirective, information giving group member, or by training group chairmen in discussion leadership skills. Group effectiveness was measured by member satisfaction with the group product, satisfaction with…

This study assessed the consensus among and between members of land grant college (LGC) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) staffs on perceptions of a farm demonstration program called the Rapid Adjustment Program (RAP); and measured the effect of organizational affiliation (TVA or LGC), position, tenure, educational level, major area of study,…

Based on surveys in 1957 and 1960 in six Georgia counties, this study evaluated an intensive educational program by the University of Georgia, and investigated attitudes and other factors related to farmers' use of fertilizers. Respondents were ranked by amounts of plant nutrients applied per acre in 1957 and by fertility per farm. Findings…

A bilingual document summarizes 118 Canadian nondegree research studies (both completed and in progress) in adult education in 1968. There are 35 completed studies on adult dropouts, adult educator training, rural extension, secondary education, university extension, apprenticeships, inservice teacher education, residential education, manpower…

An Agency for International Development (AID) project established an educational film production unit in Malawi. The project was designed to deliver extension services and information from the Ministry of Agriculture to rural farmers and had to: 1) produce films which meet the needs of villagers; 2) keep costs to an absolute minimum; and 3) fully…

The W. K. Kellogg Foundation, since its inception in 1930, has assisted programs in health, education, and agriculture. The programs in agriculture are usually concerned with rural society and the quality of rural life rather than technical agriculture. The agricultural programs are international and range from domestication of the musk ox to…

A study was conducted to: (1) determine the characteristics of Macon County manufacturing milk producers and their farms; (2) find out which research verified, recommended manufacturing milk production practices were being used by those in the different butterfat production thirds; and (3) try to establish which factors were influential in…

The first year of RFD, a new mass media approach to reaching rural adults in their own home, was devoted to planning and preparation. The design, consisting of a unique new television series, specially prepared and selected home-study materials, and a home visit program by adult basic education para-professionals, is complete. During the project…

The publication contains thirteen reports from the Twentieth National Agricultural Policy Conference held September 22-25, 1970, at Pokagon State Park, Angola, Indiana. The conference was designed to assist extension workers by broadening their perspective, understanding, and handling of the methodology of public affairs education. Four topics in…