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Hutchison, John Elton – 1969
Prompted by difficulties in specialist recruitment and retention, this study sought to determine the kinds of role expectations held by Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agricultural and home economics specialists themselves, as well as by CES administrators, subject matter department heads, supervisors (district agents), and county Extension…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Bibliographies
Franck, Barbara Mann; Hare, Paul – 1970
A study was made of 36 people from the United States and five developing nations (Pakistan, India, Ceylon, Indonesia, the Philippines) assembled for a special six month rice production training course. The course was designed to produce agricultural technicians who would introduce the International Rice Research Institute's new high yielding rice…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Bibliographies
Hampton, Leonard Albert – 1969
Using the critical incident technique, this study assessed the consistency between actual on the job behaviors of Cooperative Extension agents and their expected or inferred tasks as portrayed in a county agent role model encompassing 31 tasks and seven phases, and three broad categories of activity. Interviews were held with 204 Extension agents,…
Descriptors: Behavior, Bibliographies, Critical Incidents Method, Doctoral Dissertations
Harter, Walter George – 1967
This was a study to determine if individual linear programs could be made for a heterogeneous group of farmers with varied organizational problems; if extension agents could be trained to interview farmers and collect data sufficiently accurate for linear programing; and whether the results would be logical and acceptable to farm managers. Area…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Budgeting, Dairy Farmers, Data Collection
Buila, Theodore – 1968
A study was made, during 1965-68, of the development and current operation of programs of agricultural education and manpower development in Yugoslavia. Data were also gathered on occupational patterns of graduates, occupational migration, off-job satisfaction and dissatisfaction, hiring plans of agricultural firms, and manpower planning. The rise…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Employment Projections
Patel, Ishwarlal Chaturdas – 1967
This study investigated communication patterns, procedures, and background characteristics associated with effectiveness in village level workers (VLWs) in two districts of Gujarat, India. Questionnaire interviews were held with 222 VLWs who had induced farmers to adopt one or more farm practices. An appraisal form was used to measure the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Developing Nations
Ali Khan, Ansar – 1968
This study investigated the attitudes and understanding of participants and nonparticipants toward a program to improve the quality of instruction by Ohio Cooperative Extension Service personnel. Using a questionnaire and rating scales, data were obtained on personal background, teaching methods and techniques, and educational aids and practices,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Analysis of Variance
Download full textCummings, Gordon J. – 1970
A 1968 national survey investigated the characteristics of 229 Cooperative Extension community resource development (CRD) workers, along with their perceptions of area and community problems and approaches, competencies to perform certain tasks, relationships with other development oriented agencies, and preferred criteria for evaluating programs.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Community Development, Community Resources, Educational Background
Maunder, Addison, H. – 1972
The basic philosophy of agricultural extension was established in the more highly developed countries over the past century. Newly formed nations, the rural population of which formerly maintained a subsistence agriculture with limited industry, found it essential to establish a better-balanced economy. This led to a variety of rural services and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Developing Nations, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedJelinek, Janis A.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes the Wyoming Infant Stimulation Program (WISP) and its numerous collaborative activities with federal, state, and local agencies including the Agricultural Extension Service and maternal and child health programs. Notes that successful collaboration was informal and involved cooperation on specific, discrete joint projects responding to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedSearch, W. Conard; Search, Mary – Journal of Extension, 1979
Describes how Michigan State University extension service agents use computer technology as a teaching tool. Gives steps in applying computer programs to farm family living, financial planning, and farm management. (MF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, County Programs
Office of International Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
This document consists of four papers on various aspects of development in Egypt prepared by participants in the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program in Egypt in 1989. Four of the papers are descriptive, one is a lesson plan. The papers included are: (1) "Egypt: Transition to Modern Times" (Katherine Jensen) focuses on the role of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Developing Nations
Kawasaki, Jodee Lynn – 1994
Information-related competencies and training needed by professionals in the Montana Extension Service in order to acquire and disseminate information to clients electronically were studied in a needs assessment of administrators, specialists, and extension agents. An e-mail survey listing 37 competencies was completed by 96 extension agents and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competence, Computer Uses in Education, Demography
Nieto, Ruben D.; Henderson, Janet L. – 1991
The process of transferring agricultural technology in many countries was studied to determine the perceived educational and financial needs of small-scale dairy farmers in Socopo, Venezuela. The following data were collected: (1) demographic characteristics--age, educational level, farm size, number of lactating cows, dairy farming experience,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Farmer Education, Age, Dairy Farmers
Bakri, Mohammad Saleh – 1991
The relationship between agricultural extension agents and wheat farmers in the Medina region, Saudi Arabia, was analyzed, based on each group's perception of the relationship. Participants were 73 randomly selected wheat farmers and 31 of 34 agricultural extension agents working in the region during spring 1990. Farmers were interviewed, and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Agronomy
