The purpose of this study was to assess selected areas of safety instruction in agricultural mechanics conducted at agricultural teacher education programs across the United States. Overall, teacher educators believe their students are competent in safety. However, they also believe that many graduate with insufficient preparation in the area of…

This group of three articles discusses changes in the following three areas: agriculture (machinery, in-home computers, agricultural research, soil and water conservation, new crops), the office (word processing, personal computers, electronic mail, computer assisted retrieval, teleconferencing), and marketing (electronic catalogs, electronic…

Six theme articles discuss agricultural mechanics and its image problem, its importance, and its relevance to urban mechanization. They stress the need for agricultural mechanics and science in the urban environment for preparation for a variety of careers including landscape technology, environmental technology, energy systems management, and…

Numerous technical areas in agriculture require expertise in sales and service that can be taught through the supervised occupational experience program (SOEP). The SOEP will provide the necessary contact for articulation between business and education so badly needed in vocational agriculture. (JOW)

Identifies major problem areas of liability as related to educational setting, determines specific liability questions for these problem areas, and specifies teachers' knowledge of these liability questions. The problem areas studied were teachers' supervisory responsibilities, teachers' duties when using special material and equipment, corporal…

The technical needs of adults in agriculture have important implications for the planning and delivery of relevant instructional programs. There are also related implications for planning the preservice and inservice preparation programs for teachers of vocational agriculture who will be working with adults. (SSH)

Five articles in this issue focus on safety education in agricultural laboratories. Topics discussed include teacher liability; elements of a safety instruction program; state and federal safety standards; ground fault current protection; and eye protection requirements and equipment. (SK)

These proceedings contain summaries of the panel discussions and workshops as well as texts of the individual papers and reaction papers presented at a conference that focused on key issues of concern to educators and industry involved in the education and training of agricultural machinery technicians. Addressed during the conference were the…

Focusing on vocational agriculture in supplies and services, this series of articles addresses topics such as challenges in secondary training, advisory committees, school-business cooperation, and cooperative training in agricultural equipment management. (LRA)

This issue develops the theme of "Agricultural Education--Value Adding." The concept value adding has been a staple in the world of agricultural business for describing adding value to a commodity that would profit the producer and the local community. Agricultural education should add value to individuals and society to justify agricultural…

The author describes energy uses and problems in agricultural production which require conservation practices; reviews implications for vocational agriculture training. He discusses agricultural energy conservation techniques, heat exchangers and heat transfer principles, and the utilization of alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, and…

This report is one of seven that identify major new and emerging technological advances expected to influence major vocational education program areas and to describe the programmatic implications in terms of skill-knowledge requirements, occupations most directly affected, and the anticipated diffusion rate. Chapter 1 considers technology as…

A series of articles examines aspects of supervised occupational experience programs (SOEP) in agricultural mechanics, including production agriculture, horticulture, technical institute programs, mechanized agriculture, safety education, point guide system for developing competencies, and teacher education's responsibility. (SK)

It is suggested that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 applies to agricultural research and development projects receiving federal monies through the land grant college system, and that the Department of Agriculture has neglected its statutory duty to assess long-term environmental impact of agricultural mechanization. (Author/MSE)