In November 2018 the European Training Foundation (ETF) launched an international reflection to investigate how global trends impact developing and transition economies and to discuss what actions need to be taken to prepare people for a changing world and manage their transitions towards uncertain futures. This study on the future of skills in…

Countries world-wide are experiencing profound changes in all sectors due to technological advances. Very little is known, however, about the skills that will be needed to keep up with this evolution. Israel is no exception, and here, a summary of a recent study on future skill needs in the country's agri-tech sector is presented, which combined…

Education has been progressing at a rapid pace ever since educators have been able to harness the power of mobile technology. Open-access learning techniques provide more students with the opportunity to engage in educational opportunities that may have been previously restricted. "Empowering Learners with Mobile Open-Access Learning…

This contribution aims at informing readers about a current education and training design approach which is based on theory building and practical experience. It is about the development of comprehensive competence-based education, which is different from earlier attempts to develop competence-based education. In many education development…

Provides college level geography students with an example of the methods required for accurate use and interpretation of color infrared photographs in detecting crop health problems. The methods explained were used in a study of irrigation agriculture carried out in central Oregon during the 1979 crop season. (AM)

Vocational, agricultural, and technical courses basic to a competency-based vocational curriculum are catalogued and tagged to curriculum materials and curriculum packages available in the East Central Curriculum Center (Illinois) library. Following a list of the East Central Vocational-Technical Network state representatives, material is divided…

Discusses philosophies, problems, uses, and misuses of vocational agricultural contests with focus on improvement of classroom performance. (JH)

To justify school administration support of summer agriculture programs, vocational agriculture teachers must prepare and present detailed plans. The author offers a list of sixteen goals as an example of activities that should be in every vocational agriculture summer program. (MF)

Briefly summarizes the effects of federal funding on vocational agriculture programs and reviews how individuals and professional organizations can influence federal funding legislation. (LRA)

Plant tissue testing can be done to monitor plant nutrition levels during the growing season and diagnose nutrient deficiency problems. They can provide feedback on crop conditions and fertility needs. (Author)

Illustrates how the current summer program contains the same basic components as a 1954 program which included (1) visitation of in-school youth, (2) adult farm activities, (3) Future Farmer group activities, (4) civic activities, (5) professional cooperation, (6) adult demonstrations and meetings, (7) professional improvement, and (8)…

Reviewing the importance of a general advisory council, this article presents the major ingredients of a successful advisory committee and actions that can be taken to increase the effectiveness of the council or to help teachers having advisory council problems. (LRA)

This slide script to accompany the slide series, Ornamental Landscape Grasses, contains photographs of the 167 slides and accompanying narrative text intended for use in the study and identification of commercially important ornamental grasses and grasslike plants. Narrative text is provided for slides of 62 different perennial and annual species…

This key is designed to help identify the most common trees found in Iowa. It is based on vegetative characteristics such as leaves, fruits, and bark and is illustrated with black and white line drawings. Since vegetative characteristics vary due to climate, age, soil fertility, and other conditions, the numerical sizes listed, such as length and…

Some guidelines can make fundraising by Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters easier and more productive. The first question to be asked is what the FFA chapter wants to accomplish and how much it will cost. Once the goal is set, an appropriate project can be adopted. Criteria for selecting projects include the following: (1) Does the project…