To study student motivation and performance on a research project in a college-level humanities class, students were given a choice of three assignments. They could choose a traditional research paper on art, a creative narrative modeled after the popular novel "Girl with a Pearl Earring," (Tracy Chevalier), or a WebQuest on the…

Recent legislation encourages the integration of academic content in agricultural education. In North Carolina, high school agricultural education programs can now choose to offer a state adopted integrated biotechnology curriculum. Empirical evidence was needed to identify and describe factors related to the intent of agricultural educators to…

This report presents the thoughts and observations, the collective wisdom, of Annenberg external partners about a wide range of topics. The report looks back on the work of the partners between 1995 and 2001, to what they said they learned about the challenges of working with schools, the keys to successful school improvement and the causes of…

Various tools for student evaluation and performance objectives for a vocational agriculture education unit on meats are described. The tools and objectives are related to aspects of the meat business, such as market sales, fair shows, meats judging contests, fall feeder sales, supervised experience projects, record analyses, and slaughter houses.…

An educational trend in Tanzania, Africa, is the changing of secondary schools to vocational schools to accelerate social and economic development. About 30 percent of secondary schools will become agricultural boarding schools which emphasize practical work on school farms and a community approach. (EA)

The heavy spring rains of 1973 led to delays and reduced acreage in planting, resulting in a sharp decline in vegetable and cotton employment. Seasonal farmworker job levels are reported by state and activity. (MS)

Focuses on the problem of malnutrition in developing countries through a description of its interrelationships with human development, national economies, economic growth and income, agricultural advances, the crisis in infant feeding practices, new foods, and the population dilemma. Outlines possible future policy directions to significantly…

Article examines Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effect of Family and Schooling in America,'' a book by Christopher Jencks and seven associates at the Center for Educational Policy Research at Harvard Graduate School of Education. (RK)

Effective research requires adequate resources, appropriate structures, and a sympathetic political, social and educational climate. (Author/RK)

The results of a survey of project work in three science and technology departments at two universities and the deficiencies apparently inherent in these activities in their present form is summarized. (Author)

Article is based on a UCLA and University of Kansas survey of black studies courses in four-year colleges, but also touches on secondary school programs. Over half of 72 respondent colleges have or plan black studies. Participating faculty still predominantly white. Emphasis varies from research to cultural history to community research. (PD)

Continued population growth can only lead to world problems if decisions regarding balance, production of food, handling of natural resources, and educational aims are not made immediately. (JB)