Numerous opportunities exist for agricultural educators to have an impact on the educational and agricultural development of the Arab Nations through the effective program model of secondary school education. (Author)

Vocational agriculture has avoided the narrow vocationist view in program design and operation. Vocational agriculture should promote socialization because, first of all, vocational agriculture is education, a social or people program. Achievement of human resource development should take precedence over other resource development. (SSH)

Responses from 170 members of the National Young Farmer Education Association (45%) indicated the following: they were 12 years younger than the national average for farmers, had larger farms, sold twice as many agricultural products, and had a higher educational level. More than one-third worked off the farm. Findings suggest a reevaluation of…

Reports a survey to determine current status of student clubs in over 300 post-high school institutions reporting agricultural programs. (SB)

At the University of Georgia, a leadership seminar provides experiential leadership training for undergraduate and graduate agricultural education majors. Credit is awarded for weekly seminar attendance and 30 points of documented leadership activity. (SK)

Accountability was the focus of this study of the attitudes of program personnel toward the teacher association-formulated and State Board-approved Standards for Agricultural Education in Georgia. Data were collected from state Agricultural Education personnel by securing their reactions to 32 statements about the Standards. Eighty-five percent of…

A modified three-step Delphi procedure was used to conduct a series of national studies of futurists regarded by their peers as top experts in agricultural education. The primary objective was to project enrollments in agricultural education programs for the 21st century. Other study objectives were to ascertain whether the Delphi technique could…

Discusses the need for change in agricultural education programs. Discusses why and how changes should be made and describes the proposed model developed by the state of Maryland. (JOW)

Greater utilization of resource personnel in vocational agriculture classes provides a high-quality program. Procedural guidelines discuss: (1) advance preparation, (2) contacting the resource, (3) introducing and moderating the presentation, (4) follow-up activities. (MW)

Results of this study show that (1) vocational agriculture teachers have positive attitudes toward the physically handicapped; (2) inservice education can significantly improve teacher attitudes and (3) effective inservice techniques include videotape presentations of handicapped persons and informal lectures. (SK)

The major purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for use in the initiation and operation of student organizations associated with agricultural programs at 2-year, post-secondary educational institutions in the United States. To gather the necessary data, a three-part questionnaire designed to elicit data on institutions, agriculture…