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COBB, RICHARD A. – 1967
IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS, NEW LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS, THE INCREASING INTEREST OF URBAN STUDENTS, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW 2-YEAR AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE, A SURVEY OF HORTICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OCCUPATIONS WAS CONDUCTED. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) DETERMINE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING NEEDS, (2)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
McCann, Edward W. – 1978
This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the Tractor Mechanic Competency Based Education (CBE) Curriculum (CE 022 480). The following information is included: a discussion of the uses of the Tractor Mechanic CBE curriculum; definitions of related terms; the table of contents for the Tractor Mechanic CBE curriculum; a list of competencies by…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Competency Based Education, Job Skills
Booth, Chester – Agricultural Education, 1977
Describes projects of the Whitney, Texas, vocational agriculture students, exhibited at the Future Farmers of America Farm Mechanics Project Show (at the Heart o' Texas Fair in Waco) in several categories for livestock equipment, farm machinery, farm and yard conveniences, farm electrical projects, gates, and woodwork. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Production
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Hurt, R. Douglas – History Teacher, 1978
Summarizes the history and uses of open air museums (recreations of village farming settlements emphasizing folk culture and its architecture) in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Also examines the Lejre Research Center in Denmark which discovers and preserves pre-industrial agricultural technology and production methods. (Author/JK)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Research Projects, Educational Facilities
Parsons, John W. – Agricultural Education, 1977
The forestry program at the Foster Vocational Center, Framington, Maine, serving more than 90 percent forested Franklin County, trains students bused from their home schools for three periods daily in harvesting the raw materials for local wood-using industries. During the winter, one period weekly is in the classroom but most classes are held…
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery, Course Content, Equipment Utilization, Forestry
Lancaster, George B. – Agricultural Education, 1977
Three years of instruction in natural resources management (NRM) are offered at Louisa County High School, Mineral, Virginia, with 30 acres of land for use as outdoor classrooms. Instructional areas are grouped under forestry; crops and soils; and surveying, air, water, recreation, and general. Two years of basic agriculture science and mechanics…
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery, Conservation (Environment), Course Content, Forestry
Coffey, David M.; And Others – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1984
Numerous technical areas in agriculture require expertise in sales and service that can be taught through the supervised occupational experience program (SOEP). The SOEP will provide the necessary contact for articulation between business and education so badly needed in vocational agriculture. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Job Placement
Schur, Joan Brodsky – 2001
This lesson focuses on the power of the U.S. Congress to pass laws related to issuing patents. Using Eli Whitney's 1812 Congressional petition to extend the patent on his cotton gin as an example, the lesson correlates to the National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Government. It contains two primary source documents,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agricultural Machinery, Government Role, Inventions
Kuhns, Gary L. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Safety, Career Education
Anderson, Ronald H. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
Steakley, Derrell L.; Webb, Earl S. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1971
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs
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Reneau, Fred; Poor, David – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1983
Identifies major problem areas of liability as related to educational setting, determines specific liability questions for these problem areas, and specifies teachers' knowledge of these liability questions. The problem areas studied were teachers' supervisory responsibilities, teachers' duties when using special material and equipment, corporal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Corporal Punishment
Miller, Larry E.; Parks, Darrell L. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1981
Advisory committees from the horticultural and agricultural mechanics industries were surveyed to determine the educational merits and criticalness of students acquiring specific experiences available only during the summer months. In horticulture, summer experience was indicated to be essential to 60 (26.1 percent) of the duty/task categories.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
Nechville, Jerry – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1979
Describes the training program for farm equipment over-the-counter parts sales which makes use of a parts inventory control simulation supported by a computerized inventory system to develop entry-level competencies. Discusses advantages of the program, such as (1) it is a realistic simulation, and (2) students receive immediate feedback. (LRA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Supply Occupations
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Dept. of Practical Arts and Vocational-Technical Education. – 1988
This document contains agriculture occupations-related materials to help teachers and parents teach access skills to Missouri junior high and high school special needs students who want to pursue a vocational program in agribusiness, agricultural management, and economics; agriculture power, agricultural machinery, and small engine repair; or…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery
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