The case description of an adult education program in Switzerland contained in this document, is part of a set that reflects a cooperative effort by adult educators to increase international understanding of various educational programs for adults in their societal context. A face sheet provides this information: name, organization, and address of…

The University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca prepares students for midmanagement, semiprofessional positions in the broad fields related to agriculture. The college operates on a year-round quarterly basis, with the summer quarter being no different from the fall, winter, and spring quarters. Students can start any quarter and graduate any…

Traces the history of the People's College in central New York from inception (1853) to dissolution (1869). Notes its significance in relation to the Agricultural College Act (1862). Contends that the tension between reformers interested solely in mechanical education and those who did not wish to abandon the classical curriculum led to the…

This report found that the image of agricultural education was moderately positive at all three institutions studied, with Virginia Polytechnic Institute being significantly lower than the other two institutions. The findings illustrated that image within colleges of agriculture needs more improvement than in education. No significant differences…

Research examined the impact that personality type may have on student and teacher differences and the effect on student grades. The following questions were addressed: Do agriculture college faculty personality types differ from agriculture college student personality types? and Does personality type affect agriculture college student grade point…

The personal approach of the Ohio Recruitment Commission for Agricultural Education has been very effective in recruiting potential vocational agriculture teachers from junior and senior high school classes. (EA)

Microcomputer use and access, training needs, information sources, and self-perceived knowledge and skills regarding microcomputers were determined with a sample of college of agriculture faculty in 11 land-grant universities. Personal and organizational characteristics related to various levels of using microcomputers were also investigated.…

This monograph traces the history of Iowa State University from its founding in 1868 to 1982. Following a brief description of the background of teacher training in the ancient world, and its development in Europe and subsequently the United States, the foundations laid for an educational system in mid-western United States are discussed. Iowa…

Online bibliographic searching provides an alternative to the traditional manual literature search to access the already large and rapidly growing literature on agriculture. The advantages of online searching over manual searching are greater speed, increased accuracy, and the capability of searching for any combination of topics at once. The…

The recent evolution of instructional programs in colleges of agriculture has made them more usefu" to society and meaningful to the academic community. Seminars aimed at improving the effectiveness of teaching have also improved the quality of faculty counseling for undergraduates and graduates. For more than 10 years, curricula have been…

U.S. land grant universities assisted, under the aegis of AID (Agency for International Development), in the development of Indian agricultural universities. Part 1 of this document establishes the historical setting for the partnership of the American-Indian project. It reviews the origin of the U.S. land grant universities, relates this origin…

This paper is the second of a two-part series which discusses the findings related to laboratory segments in the beginning crop science courses offered in Land Grant institutions. Survey results reveal that laboratories are used but employ traditional teaching rather than individualized or auto-tutorial techniques. (ML)

Fourteen state-funded agricultural research establishments in England and Wales were asked for information about visits received from agricultural lecturers. Forty-two lecturers, with visits covering five establishments, were asked for their views on the value of the visits. (Author/SSH)

Through site visits to the agricultural programs at five of the Kentucky state universities (University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, and Western Kentucky University) and a meeting with representatives of the program at Eastern Kentucky University, this guide was created which describes…

Describes the inservice training program initiated at Delphi College, New York. Discusses the various programs organized as part of overall staff development. Contends that inservice programs provide staff with the confidence and competence to improve the teaching/learning environment in a time of evolving instructional technology. (CAM)