ERIC Number: ED336529
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1990-Nov-30
Pages: 462
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Focusing Agricultural Education Research: The Challenge of the 1990's and Beyond. Proceedings of the National Agricultural Education Research Meeting (17th, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 30, 1990).
Martin, Robert A., Comp.
Selected titles among the 51 papers accepted for presentation or publication by the 1990 meeting of a yearly forum for agricultural research presentation include the following: "Effectiveness of Beginning Scholars Program in Attracting High Ability Students to the College of Agriculture and Home Economics" (Lester, Graham); "Analysis of Enrollment in Secondary Agricultural Science and Membership in FFA in Texas" (Marshall et al.); "Factors Influencing Secondary Michigan Agricultural Students' Decisions Not to Join FFA" (Connors et al.); "Career Indecision of Senior Agriscience Students" (Kotrlik); "Understanding and Teaching the Adult Learner" (Norland et al.); "Participant Motivation in Off-campus Agriculture Credit Programs at Iowa State University" (Miller, Crawford);"Attitudes, Knowledge, and Implementation of Agricultural Science by North Carolina Agricultural Education Teachers" (Kirby); "A Nursery/Landscape Program in Agricultural Education for the New Millennium" (Flanders, Iverson); "Herzberg's Motivator-Hygiene Theory and the Job Satisfaction of Agricultural Education Faculty" (Bowen, Radhakrishna); "Job Satisfaction of Teachers of Agriculture" (Cano); "Impact of Personal Life Factors on Effectiveness and Satisfaction of Teachers" (Bruening, Hoover); "Attitudes, Perceptions, and Guidance Practices of Illinois Guidance Directors Concerning Vocational Education in Secondary Schools" (Matulis, Osborne); "Teacher Attributes in Exemplary Vocational Education" (Wardlow et al.); "Transactional Preferences of Students and Teachers during Group Problem Solving" (Dormody); "Teachers' Knowledge and Attitudes toward Problem-Solving Teaching" (Hamzah, Osborne); "Factors Influencing Use of Volunteers by Michigan Secondary Agricultural Education Teachers" (Elliot, Suvedi); "Subject Areas and Concepts of Agricultural Literacy" (Frick et al.); "Assistance Needed by Elementary Teachers in Texas to Implement Programs of Agricultural Literacy" (Terry et al.); "Factors Related to Participation of Agricultural Educational Teachers in Professional Development Activities" (Hall, Scanlon); "Use of Computer Software Programs in Specific Agriculture Topics" (Zidon, Miller); "Student Cognitive Performance and Factors Associated with Cognitive Performance in College of Agriculture Courses" (Miller, Newcomb); "Relationship between Vocational Agriculture and College Preparatory Curriculum in Regards to Academic Success in College" (Raven, Warmbrod); "Student Perceptions of Characteristics and Activities Contributing to Effectiveness of Vocational Agriculture Teachers" (Luft, Thompson); "Beginning Vocational Education Teacher Perceptions of Their Pedagogical Knowledge and Performance on the Professional Knowledge Portion of the National Teacher Exam" (Doerfert, Barrick); "A Study of the Relationship of Participation in In-School 4-H and Self-Esteem for Students in the Las Vegas School System" (Waters et al.); and "Focusing Agricultural Education Research: Strategies for the Professor" (Williams). (YLB)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Counselor Attitudes, Educational Research, Enrollment, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Females, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High Schools, Job Satisfaction, Professional Development, School Counselors, Student Attitudes, Student Organizations, Student Participation, Student Recruitment, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Effectiveness, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: American Vocational Association, Alexandria, VA. Agricultural Education Div.
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