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Marvin, Paul – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1983
Adult agricultural education has been a major component of vocational agricultural programs from the first introduction of agriculture instruction in the public schools. (SSH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Farm Management
Clement, Douglas M.; And Others – 1995
Two diverse extension audiences in Polk County, North Carolina were surveyed to determine their levels of use of extension information and their preferred means for receiving information. Information was gathered through mailed surveys returned by 48 beef producers and 40 county government workers (about a 67 percent return for each group). Nearly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Attitudes, Educational Technology
Caldwell, Allen E.; Richardson, John G. – 1995
Nearly all burley tobacco farmers in the mountains of North Carolina are small or part-time farmers who have limited time for seeking information. Although they desire accurate, user-friendly, timely, and relevant information, their willingness or opportunity to spend time in face-to-face contacts or grower meetings is becoming severely limited.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Attitudes, Educational Technology
Monu, Erasmus D. – Rural Sociologist, 1981
Reviews experiments in Kenya and Nigeria attempting to modify the progressive-farmer strategy. Success requires that extension services recognize small farmers' ability to make their own rational decisions and involve farmers in planning and implementing extension programs. Available from: Rural Sociological Society, 325 Morgan Hall, University of…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Farmer Education, Developing Nations, Experimental Programs
Bruening, Thomas H.; Martin, Robert A. – 1992
A sample of 731 farmers was surveyed to identify perceptions regarding selected soil and water conservation practices. The sample was stratified and proportioned by conservation district to have a representative group of respondents across Iowa. Items on the mailed questionnaire were designed to assess perceptions regarding issues in soil and…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Conservation Education
Durston, Berry H., Ed. – 1969
These papers cover planning, organization, and administration of programs conducted by the Department of University Extension of the University of New England (New South Wales); they are concerned primarily with rural extension. The first paper reviews elements of program planning and program implementation in general. The second evaluates an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry
Hartman, Joel A.; Brown, Emory J. – 1970
This analysis of the impact of a result demonstration educational program was made in an effort to achieve the following goals: (1) identification of the objectives of the educational program; (2) description of the program; (3) assessment of awareness of the program by target clientele; (4) measurement of the amount of change that takes place;…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Bibliographies, Change Agents
Koehnen, Timothy, Ed.; Cristovao, Artur, Ed. – 1993
This proceedings report is organized into four sections dealing respectively with: (1) global issues facing extension education; (2) extension strategies and methods; (3) extension planning and evaluation; and (4) training and curriculum development. The following papers are included: "Extension Science: To Broaden the Scope" (van…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education