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Download full textVERI, CLIVE C. – 1967
THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF SELECTED FACTORS ON THE OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OF A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 60 PESTICIDE DEALERS IN NEBRASKA. CORRELATION AND INTERCORRELATION COEFFICIENTS WERE COMPUTED AND CONTINGENCY TABLES WERE CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS FOUND THAT FORMAL EDUCATIONAL LEVEL CORRELATES WITH OCCUPATIONAL STATUS AND…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement, Age, Communication Skills
CEBOTAREV, ELEONORA A.; KING, GARY W. – 1966
IN THE CURRENT WAR ON POVERTY, THE POSITION OF THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS SERVED THE MIDDLE-CLASS FARMER, IS NOT WELL DEFINED. TO IDENTIFY FACTORS WHICH INHIBIT THE ADOPTION OF EXTENSION PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR, A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE SERVICE IN MIFFLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AN APPALACHIAN AREA HAVING A HIGHER…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors
YOUNG, DOUGLAS – 1966
A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE COUNTY EXTENSION AGENTS' PERCEPTION OF THEIR ROLE AND THAT OF ADVISORY BOARDS IN PLANNING, EXECUTING, AND EVALUATING THE COUNTY EXTENSION PROGRAM. AGENTS' VIEWS ON WHO OUGHT TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERFORMING COUNTY PROGRAMING FUNCTIONS WERE ALSO EXAMINED. ALL 109 AGENTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN EXTENSION DISTRICT IN…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Age, Educational Background, Extension Agents
WHITE, ESTELLE EDWARDS – 1965
AN INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE WAS USED TO DISCOVER HOW 85 ELECTED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN THE NORTHEASTERN EXTENSION DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA PERCEIVED THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE. THE EXTENT TO WHICH TENURE AS A COMMISSIONER, OCCUPATION, EDUCATION, AGE, AND INVOLVEMENT IN EXTENSION ACTIVITIES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PERCEPTION OF…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, City Officials
SAVILE, A.H. – 1965
A PRACTICAL GUIDE IS PROVIDED FOR TRAINERS OF ADVISORY AND EXTENSION WORKERS AND LOCAL LEADERS IN AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING NATIONS. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, COMMUNITY SURVEY PROCEDURES, ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM PLANNING, AND PURPOSES AND METHODS OF PROGRAM EVALUATION ARE DESCRIBED. THEN FOLLOW TWO CHAPTERS…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Clubs, Community Development, Community Surveys
GEORGE, JAMES DALTON – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NORTH CAROLINA STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELECTED ASPECTS OF COUNTY EXTENSION AGENTS' BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE (MAINLY COLLEGE MAJORS AND PARTICIPATION IN COURSES ON EXTENSION METHODS) AND THEIR DEFINITION OF THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. RESPONDENTS WERE 334 AGENTS REPRESENTING 99 OF THE 100 COUNTIES…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Change, Counseling Services
Duncan, James A., Ed.; Flores, Thomas C., Ed. – 1967
Case studies presented by graduate students from the United States and seven other nations dealt with topics in extension education. A system analysis approach to the problems in organizing extension services in developing nations was described, as well as physical and sociocultural problems (including illiteracy) which hinder audiovisual…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agency Cooperation, Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1958
A comparative study is presented from the results of a questionnaire on rural education submitted to 71 countries. Information is given on administrative organization, criteria used to determine rurality, rural-urban differences, special courses for rural areas, curricula for rural education, staff distribution and preparation, and centralization…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Organization, Centralization, Comparative Analysis
Jones, J. H., Jr. – 1970
In 1969, 385 Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service aides conducted an eight week nutrition education program (expanded to 12 weeks in three parishes) for over 18,000 low income homemakers and children in 31 parishes. Initial interviews were used to ascertain nutrition habits and influences thereon, knowledge levels, homemakers' age and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Blacks, Children
Whitelock, Derek A., Ed. – 1970
This evaluative national survey begins with a brief historical review of Australian adult education, followed by its current (1968) profile and features of the overall educational system. The next six chapters consider the role played by universities, Federal and state governments, the Workers' Educational Association and other voluntary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Bibliographies, Books
Clifton, O. B. – 1969
Specific objectives of this study were to: test alternative methods of determining training needs; identify methods of determining training needs that may be more efficient than those previously used by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service; and develop recommendations for procedures that may be useful in determining training needs of newly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Curriculum, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Needs
Weick, Ray Kay – 1969
A study was made of relationships of personal value orientations to personal characteristics of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service (CES) professional staff members, their perceptions of certain CES organizational elements (legal, process, functional, structural, personnel), and the distribution of high value orientations. A preliminary…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographies, Correlation
Williams, Janice Hurst; Dotson, Robert S. – 1970
This study in Knox County, Tennessee, was done to determine how those attending Extension clothing construction workshops differed from others; which recommended clothing instruction practices were being used; and factors influencing respondents to adopt or reject practices. Forty-five participants and a random sample of 45 nonparticipants were…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Bibliographies, Clothing Instruction
Durston, Berry H., Ed. – 1969
These papers cover planning, organization, and administration of programs conducted by the Department of University Extension of the University of New England (New South Wales); they are concerned primarily with rural extension. The first paper reviews elements of program planning and program implementation in general. The second evaluates an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry
Wilson, J.L.J., Ed. – 1967
This Australian handbook describes 20 national adult education bodies, followed by eight colleges and other organizations in the Capital Territory, 21 in New South Wales, 11 in Queensland, 14 in South Australia, nine in Tasmania, 14 in Victoria, and ten in Western Australia. The Australian Institutes of Management and of Political Science,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Budgets, Directories
