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Download full textBrown, Howard C.; And Others – 1966
This manual is one of a 3-volume series prepared to guide the high school vocational agriculture teacher in teaching ornamental horticulture. Chapter I introduces the reader to ornamental horticulture and gives examples of how the subject can be integrated into an existing agriculture curriculum. Chapter II is devoted to the public relations…
Descriptors: Administration, Agricultural Education, Curriculum, Educational Facilities
Peer reviewedFrith, Greg H.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1981
The Cherokee County (Alabama) horticulture training program provides 40 mildly mentally retarded adolescents with vocational training in a marketable skills. The broad spectrum of vocational skills makes horticulture ideal for the handicapped. (DB)
Descriptors: Horticulture, Mild Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Ross, Roger R.; Stitt, Thomas R. – 1975
The program planning guide for ornamental horticulture was written to assist Applied Biological and Agricultural Occupations (ABAO) teachers in enriching existing programs and/or to provide the basis for expansion of offerings to include additional materials for the cluster areas of arboriculture, floriculture, greenhouse operation and management,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
Bachler, Mike; Sappe', Hoyt – 1989
This report provides results of Phase I of a project that researched the occupational area of environmental horticulture, established appropriate committees, and conducted task verification. These results are intended to guide development of a program designed to address the needs of the horticulture field. Section 1 contains general information:…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Botany, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Henderson, Jan; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1982
A series of articles discusses requirements for optimum growth of horticulture education programs. Includes beginning a program, simulating working conditions, the need for mechanical skills, starting a business, and other areas to be considered for a successful horticultural program. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Entrepreneurship, Horticulture, Program Development
Lawver, David; And Others – 1994
A project was conducted to identify outcomes and procedures for measuring the occupational competency of students completing a coherent sequence of courses in career and technology education (C&TE) programs throughout Texas. Phase 1 of the project focused on horticulture/floriculture/landscaping and child care occupations. The major activities…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Education, Child Care Occupations, Competence
Miller, Boyce – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1975
The development of a four-year vocational program in ornamental horticulture at a Baton Rouge high school is described by one of the program's two teachers. From 250 to 300 students participate each year, receiving basic training and experiences enabling them to secure jobs and to improve their home surroundings. (AJ)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Facilities, Off Farm Agricultural Occupations, Ornamental Horticulture
Scanlon, Dennis C.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1985
Scanlon and Baggett suggest a basic rationale for serving handicapped students. Downey reviews programs offered to disadvantaged and handicapped at Valley Vocational Technical Center, Fishersville, Virginia. Other articles focus on greenhouse crop production, support services in Pennsylvania, accommodation of the physically handicapped student,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Lee, Jasper S.; And Others – 1978
The purpose of this project was to develop innovative agricultural education programs within the comprehensive high school setting in selected school districts in Mississippi. The following programs were implemented: horticulture (Starkville Vocational Center); vocational forestry (Lamar County); agricultural suppliers and services program (Alcorn…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production
Ethridge, Jim; And Others – 1981
These units of instructional materials and teaching aids are the first three of a series of 10 designed for use in metropolitan agriculture/horticulture programs for students in grades 9 and 10. Covered in the unit on agricultural occupations are the school program, agriculture and society, and careers in agriculture. Orientation to supervised…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Stitt, Thomas R.; And Others – 1978
This report details the process of the Illinois Standards Project to develop, adopt, and implement standards of quality for agricultural occupation programs at both the secondary and postsecondary levels throughout Illinois. Part I, standards for quality programs in area vocational centers excluding metropolitan areas, is divided into three…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Instructional Development and Services. – 1991
This vocational program guide is intended to assist in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a program in environmental horticulture in school districts, area vocational centers, and community colleges. The following topics are covered: program content and structure (job titles and curriculum framework and student performance standards);…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Educational Equipment
Felstehausen, Ginny; And Others – 1995
A project was conducted to identify outcomes and procedures for measuring the occupational competency of students completing a coherent sequence of courses in career and technology education (C&TE) programs throughout Texas. The major objectives of phase 2 of the project were as follows: validate criteria for a career portfolio, integrate the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Articulation (Education)
