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Peer reviewedNelson, Murry R.; Trueblood, Cecil R. – Rural Educator, 1984
Examines a rural field-based inservice delivery system that enhanced intellectual growth, self-concept, and staff communication. Cites problems arising when format changed from workshops to a new M.Ed. program. Notes problems of funding, distance, resources, and university/state requirements. Gives recommendations for making graduate courses…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Masters Programs
Peer reviewedClearfield, Frank; Warner, Paul D. – Rural Sociology, 1984
Reports on Green Thumb, a government-sponsored, university-operated, computer-based videotext system that disseminated agricultural information to 200 Kentucky farmers for 13 months. Findings suggest that adoption of videotext systems may follow a different adoption pattern than other farming innovations. (MH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Trends
Western Washington Univ., Bellingham. National Rural Development Inst. – 1986
Texts of speeches delivered before general sessions and abstracts of papers presented in concurrent sessions are collected in this document which also contains the conference program, a directory of presenters, and the 13 conference cosponsors' recommendations for enhancing the quality of rural and small school education. The six addresses to the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
