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Scott Smalley; Mark Hainline; Katelyn Grein – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2023
With the perpetual increase in STEM-related jobs and a renewed focus on the importance of these content areas, school-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers shoulder the important task of implementing inquiry-based learning opportunities to prepare students for future STEM careers. The Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) is…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, STEM Education, Agriculture Teachers, Professional Development
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Doss, William; Rayfield, John – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
Changes in Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAEs) and a lack of SAE category knowledge have been identified as causes to declining SAE participation (Dyer & Osborne, 1995; Steel, 1997; Wilson & Moore, 2007). Recently, the National Council for Agricultural Education and the National FFA Organization have redefined SAE and created new…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Field Experience Programs, Program Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Brown, Nicholas R.; Kelsey, Kathleen D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013
In 2005, The National Council for Agricultural Education (NCAE) unveiled The Long Range Goal for Agricultural Education also known as 10 x 15. According to NCAE, the primary goal of 10 x 15 was to create 10,000 new agricultural education programs by 2015 that focused on an integrated model of classroom and laboratory instruction, experiential…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Program Development, Urban Extension
Ramsey, Jon W.; Edwards, M. Craig – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2011
The National Research Council's (NRC) Report (1988), Understanding Agriculture: New Directions for Education, called on secondary agricultural education to shift its scope and purpose, including students' supervised agricultural experiences (SAEs). The NRC asserted that this shift should create opportunities for students to acquire supervised…
Descriptors: Expertise, Delphi Technique, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills
Menalled, Fabian D.; Grimberg, Bruna I.; Jones, Clain A. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
This study assessed needs, knowledge, and interests of agricultural professionals who were likely to enroll in an online extension course in sustainable agriculture. The objectives of the study were: to (1) describe their demographic characteristics, (2) identify their concerns and interests related to farming, (3) evaluate participants' knowledge…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Knowledge Level, Extension Education, Sustainable Development
Wilson, Elizabeth B.; Moore, Gary E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
Agricultural teachers in North Carolina were surveyed to assess their attitudes toward Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) and to identify barriers to implementation of SAE in their schools. The teachers gave the politically correct answers about why SAE was important. The teachers indicated that SAE was important (8.46 on a 10 point scale)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Field Experience Programs, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Karbasioun, Mostafa; Mulder, Martin; Biemans, Harm – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to analyze farmers' experiences with and perceptions of agricultural extension courses and their instructors in Esfahan, Iran. This study is part of a larger project on the development of a competency profile of extension instructors. Many attempts have been made to develop competency profiles for professionals (Shim,…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Profiles, Competence
Retallick, Michael S.; Miller, Greg – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to describe the nature of early field experience (EFE) in agricultural teacher education programs nationally. A descriptive census survey of all active agricultural teacher education programs in the country was used for this study. The fact that nearly all agricultural teacher education programs require EFE indicates…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Agricultural Education, Field Experience Programs, Program Descriptions
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Nur, Ali M.; And Others – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1989
From population of 238 public secondary agriculture programs in Missouri, 59 with adult programs and 98 without were randomly selected. A total 174 superintendents and 178 agriculture teachers (93 percent) returned instruments indicating positive perceptions of need for adult programs. Superintendents thought adult agricultural education should be…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Educators, Adult Farmer Education, Educational Finance