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Farmers' Attitudes Toward Extension
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Gross, John G. – Journal of Extension, 1977
On the assumption that agricultural extension professionals can do a better job when they know how people feel about their programs, an attitude scale with statements selected to represent degrees of attitude from favorable to unfavorable was administered to 60 farmers in Clinton County, Missouri. Findings indicated an overall positive image…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Extension Education, Farmers, Program Attitudes
A Focus Group Study of Community Members' Perceptions about Year-Round Education in Michigan's Copper Country
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Trewartha, Mollie Louise – Online Submission, 2007
Restructuring of schools by means of revising the school calendar from the traditional 9-month calendar to a year-round calendar is one reform idea proposed to meet the diverse abilities and needs of students. Considering the sweeping changes influenced by No Child Left Behind and the trend toward excellence in education, this research focused…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Year Round Schools, School Schedules, School Restructuring
The Role of the Teachers Advisory Centres in the Qualitative Improvement of Teacher Education in Kenya. African Studies in Curriculum Development & Evaluation. No. 71.
Odede, Esther A. – 1982
One strategy Kenyan educational authorities adopted in their search for the most effective, efficient, and economical system of updating inservice teachers, without taking them away from their jobs, was the Teacher Advisory Centre (TAC) concept. A study evaluated the extent to which 13 of 43 TACs in Kenya have fulfilled their prescribed…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Employee Attitudes, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Response to a Community-Based Information and Communication System.
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Trachtman, Leon E.; And Others – 1991
A study investigated the introduction of an experimental school-centered and neighborhood-oriented communication system in a small midwestern town. It was anticipated that normal parent-teacher-school communication would be enhanced by the electronic messaging potential of the system. Researchers observed the entire adoption process from the…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Community Attitudes, Community Study, Community Support
K-12 Urban Career Education Infusion Project. Final Evaluation
Denton, William T.; Kleck, Wil – 1977
The K-12 Urban Career Education Infusion Project of the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District focused on fourteen schools located in the East Oak Cliff Subdistrict, a predominantly (98%) black community. Conducted in two phases, the project attempted to demonstrate that through infusing career education into the existing curriculum, trained…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Career Education, Community Attitudes
Final Evaluation Report for the Alternative Schools Project 1971-72.
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Gibboney, Richard A.; Langsdorf, Michael G. – 1972
This report presents data pertaining to 13 different project objectives grouped by student, teacher, and community objectives. Student objectives covered self-initiated learning, competency in verbal and math skills, attitudes toward the alternative school, involvement in decisionmaking, community involvement, evaluation, self image, and students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Attitudes, Decision Making, Discovery Learning