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Download full textHYMAN, THEODORE M.; MARSH, C. PAUL – 1964
TO COMPARE PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION WITH THE WORKSHOP METHOD THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED--(1) PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION IS AS EFFECTIVE AS THE WORKSHOP IN INCREASING THE EXTENSION AGENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF RADIO AS AN EXTENSION TEACHING METHOD, (2) PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION IS AS EFFECTIVE AS THE WORKSHOP METHOD IN DEVELOPING MORE POSITIVE…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, Extension Agents
Federal Extension Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1966
A PILOT PROJECT (JULY 1959-DECEMBER 1961), AIMED AT NEW WAYS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP IN THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, WAS CONDUCTED IN 12 COUNTIES OF SIX STATES. PROGRAM CONSULTANTS RECEIVED TEN WEEKS TRAINING BUILT AROUND A SEMINAR ON CURRENT ISSUES AND ACTIVITIES, AND FOLLOWED BY ORIENTATION CONFERENCES.…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Consultants, Demonstration Programs, Educational Objectives
MILLER, STANDFORD KEITH – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE OF 4-H CLUB LEADERS AND OF THEIR TRAINING. TWO MAILED QUESTIONNAIRES OBTAINED DATA FROM 78 LEADERS IN SEVEN INDIANA COUNTIES. COUNTY EXTENSION AGENTS RATED THE LEADERS AS TO EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITY. ALTHOUGH THE MORE CAPABLE 4-H LEADERS FELT THEY WERE MORE ADEQUATELY TRAINED THAN THE LESS…
Descriptors: Ability, Educational Needs, Evaluation, Experience
Alexander, Frank D. – 1968
The study aimed at describing the characteristics of a sample of home demonstration units in Onondaga County; testing the effectiveness of the teaching of a selected project; relating characteristics of the units to the learning of the participants; comparing characteristics of project leaders, trained teachers, and members of the unit; and…
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstrations (Educational), Extension Agents, Home Economics Education
Douglah, Mohammad A.; Dopp, Arvid D. – 1967
A survey was made in Clark County, Wisconsin, of small businessmen's knowledge and perception of university extension. The businessmen appeared most knowledgeable about Extension programs offered through mass media, but less knowledgeable about local staff affiliation and relationship to the University of Wisconsin. They participated in Extension…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Educational Needs, Extension Agents
Williams, Saudiq Kolawole Taiwo – 1967
This study identified professional training needs of extension agents in Western Nigeria as the basis for a curriculum at the college level. Using the critical incidents method in personal interviews, 175 critical behaviors were collected from 115 agents in five levels of position in the Ministry of Agriculture. The 565 behaviors extracted from…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Behavioral Sciences, College Curriculum, Critical Incidents Method
McIntyre, William James – 1969
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of extension work as carried out under two different systems of county assignment -- the individual county system and the multicounty system. The system of personnel assignment was the independent variable; agent job performance was the intervening variable; and program…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, County Programs, Doctoral Dissertations, Extension Agents
Findlay, Edward Weldon – 1969
The study is based on the premise that if one is able to identify the areas of behavior in which professionals require competence, one can link this behavior to a related structure of concepts which may serve as logical teaching and learning objectives in the development of training programs. A sample of 211 extension agents (in agriculture, home…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Concept Formation
Federal Extension Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1968
In 1968, the Rural Civil Defense Education Program, conducted by the Cooperative Extension Service under contract with the Office of Civil Defense, was faced with discontinuance of funds; in some cases, the Rural Civil Defense (RCD) leader was absorbed into the regular budgets and in others the work was incorporated into the regular ongoing…
Descriptors: Agricultural Engineering, Civil Defense, Cooperative Programs, Educational Television
Campbell, Charles Eugene – 1968
Using a mailed questionnaire, this study surveyed the attitudes of county commissioners in Oklahoma toward the proposed use of specialized agricultural extension agents assigned to a multicounty area, and toward allocation of county tax funds for this purpose. Selected personal data were also obtained. Respondents (out of a sample of 178) were 71…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitudes, County Officials, Doctoral Dissertations
Tompkins, E. H.; And Others – 1973
The report presents information about client families and their farms during their contact with the Vermont Rural and Farm Family Rehabilitation (RFFR) project from March 1, 1969 to June 30, 1971. Data are from 450 family case histories which include 2,089 members. Most were from northern Vermont. Families averaged 4.64 persons each, about 1 more…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Disabilities, Extension Agents, Extension Education
Kohl, Fred Ernest – 1968
Major purposes of the study were to: (1) determine the critical behavioral requirements for the generic job of Idaho Extension agricultural agent based on the analysis of critical incidents, and (2) study several situational factors related to critical incidents. Situational factors were: (1) most important subject content (social, technological,…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Critical Incidents Method, Doctoral Dissertations, Employment Qualifications
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. Occupational Research and Development Coordinating Unit. – 1972
A 2-day dissemination conference was held to provide opportunities for participants from eight states to share ideas concerning information dissemination and to discuss regional communication efforts. Presentations during the first day of the conference centered around the dissemination and communication efforts of the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Communications, Conference Reports, Educational Programs
Mick, Colin; And Others – 1973
The rapid growth of educational research and development in America has widened the gap between average classroom practice and "best available" validated practices resulting from research and development at educational laboratories, universities, and school-based practice improvement projects. The extension agent system was chosen to change the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Educational Resources, Extension Agents
McBroom, Charles T., Jr.; And Others – 1972
How Tennessee County Extension personnel spent their time in Fiscal Year 1970 and 1971 and how they planned their time in Fiscal Year 1971 are discussed in this master's thesis. Information on planned and expended time was retrieved through TEMIS (Tennessee Extension Management Information System). Wide variations were found to exist between time…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Extension Agents, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
