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Direct linkStedman, Nicole L. P.; Rudd, Rick D. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2005
Volunteers play an integral role in supporting the mission of 4-H programs in the southern region. For this reason their proficiency in volunteer administration competence and perceived leadership style is important. The researchers sought to examine both the perceived proficiency of 4-H faculty in the southern region in seven competencies…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness, Volunteers, Youth Programs
Curran, David; And Others – 1989
This document contains 11 case studies of Canadian adult education and extension projects. Titles are: (1) Buchans Community Transmitter: A Threatened Community Considers Its Future (Curran); (2) Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (Gaskin); (3) Healthline: Center for Corporate Health Promotion (Pratt); (4) Distance Education at…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Distance Education
Download full textVan Tilburg, Emmalou – 1986
A study examined the relationship between reward contingencies and the levels of job performance and job satisfaction of Cooperative Extension Service county agents. Variables included self-rating of job performance; overall job satisfaction; satisfaction with pay, promotion, co-workers, the work itself, and supervision; agent program area; the…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Incentives
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1983
These proceedings contain the texts of the following four papers presented at a conference on research needs for extension education: "4-H Makes a Difference--Or Does It?" by Gerald Parsons; "Research Needs in the Administration and Supervision of Cooperative Extension," by Patrick Boyle; "Research Needs in Extension…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits
Klonglan, Gerald E.; And Others – 1981
Data were gathered from Community Resource Development (CRD) field staff and from knowledgeable citizens, to obtain multiple indicators of the impact of CRD projects on economic and noneconomic changes and to assess the degree to which special client/audiences had shared in positive and negative consequences resulting in part from the CRD program.…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Citizen Role, Community Change
Safman, Phyllis C. – 1980
A study conducted in Illinois determined how or if decision-makers actually used the results of a community problems needs assessment survey ("Illinois: Today and Tomorrow") of 15,000 persons in the state. Data for the use study were collected from sixty in-depth personal interviews with randomly selected cooperative extension advisors…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Decision Making, Extension Agents, Legislators
ALEXANDER, FRANK D.; AND OTHERS – 1965
WITH THE NEED TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ITS TV FILM CENTER, THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTENSION TEACHING AND INFORMATION AT NEW YORK STATE COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN COOPERATION WITH THE OFFICE OF EXTENSION STUDIES INITIATED IN JULY 1963 A PROJECT TO ASCERTAIN (1) VIEWPOINTS RELATIVE TO OFF-CAMPUS…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitudes, Audiences, Broadcast Industry
JOHNSTON, RUPERT BERNARD – 1960
GOALS OF FARM FAMILIES WERE ANALYZED AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT STUDIED. DATA ON FARM GOALS, FARM AND HOME RESOURCES, AND INCOME WERE OBTAINED FROM 112 FAMILIES IN 18 MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES, IN WHICH THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT COUNTY EXTENSION STAFFING PLANS. GOALS WERE CLASSIFIED IN GOUPS SUCH AS HOME AND GROUNDS, HOME…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Children, Costs, Doctoral Dissertations
Johnson, Evelyn H.; And Others – 1971
The lessons were written to help trainer agents prepare aides for work with families in Extension's Expanded Food and Nutrition Program. The purpose is to enrich the aides' background in food preparation and to provide practical teaching methods that can be used in presenting food preparation information to families. The 21 lessons are an…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Educational Programs, Extension Agents, Foods Instruction
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1970
This annotated bibliography contains 192 items on program planning, educational trends, legislation, and other matters within or relevant to the preparation of adult educators. General topics and national surveys appear in two brief opening chapters. The next two deal with formal education through graduate study and short courses, and with the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Needs
Henderson, Thomas Horatio – 1969
Factors associated with effective job performance among agricultural extension workers in Jamaica were examined; and the validity of transferring, to a developing nation, the descriptive and theoretical generalizations concerning selection of effective extension workers in the United States was investigated. The sample of 99 officers included 30…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences
Brisson, Robert Curtis – 1969
This study investigated the county Extension agent role in organizing community development, the direction and intensity of expectations held by district supervisors and presidents of local community development associations, and factors (sex, age, formal education, farm or nonfarm upbringing, previous role experience, communication behavior)…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographies
Peabody, Fred J. – 1968
Using the critical incident method, this study sought to describe job requirements perceived as critical by Michigan Cooperative Extension agents, identify training needs, and determine possible differences in training needs and job requirements according to employment position and tenure. The research involved collecting 444 written descriptions…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Critical Incidents Method, Difficulty Level, Doctoral Dissertations
Briley, Mollye Hughes – 1968
This study investigated interpersonal value orientations (Support, Conformity, Independence, Benevolence, Leadership, and Recognition) of 267 Extension homemakers in Robeson County, North Carolina, and the relationship of these orientations to age, educational level, income, years in club work, family size, and ethnic group. Data were obtained…
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Indians, Analysis of Variance, Blacks
Kalangi, Christopher Jayadas – 1963
This study sought to analyze the training needs of urban and rural county Cooperative Extension agents in various positions. Identified in terms of 142 items in nine training areas, these needs were elicited in a questionnaire using a four-point rating scale, followed by correlation for different areas and duties. Respondents were 330…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Doctoral Dissertations
