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Pod Network Membership Directory, July 1985 Jan 1985

Pod Network Membership Directory, July 1985

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

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Factors Indicating Voag/Ffa Program Quality As Perceived By Idaho Voag Instructors And Principals, Richard M. Foster, Louis E. Riensenberg Jan 1985

Factors Indicating Voag/Ffa Program Quality As Perceived By Idaho Voag Instructors And Principals, Richard M. Foster, Louis E. Riensenberg

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

In public school education, as in private industry, a difference of opinion may exist between management and production about the quality of activities inherent in an occupation. The high school principals and vocational agriculture teachers in our public school systems are certainly no exception. Both have the common goal of making the vocational program within the school district the highest quality possible. In order to develop a high-quality vocational agriculture program, these two individuals must not only communicate with one another what they think are the most important and highest quality activities in which the vocational agriculture teacher should participate, …


An Assessment Of Microcomputer Competencies Needed By Vocational Agriculture Instructors In Nebraska And Iowa, W. Wade Miller, Richard M. Foster Jan 1985

An Assessment Of Microcomputer Competencies Needed By Vocational Agriculture Instructors In Nebraska And Iowa, W. Wade Miller, Richard M. Foster

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

In order to provide effective preservice and inservice instruction to vocational agriculture teachers, certain baseline data are necessary. It was the intent of this study to: a) identify specific microcomputer competencies needed by vocational agriculture instructors and to make comparisons by state, size of vocational agriculture department, and years of teaching experience; b) identify barriers that may impede the use of microcomputers; and c) assess the current status of microcomputer usage in Nebraska and Iowa vocational agriculture programs.


Personality-Type Differences Of Students And Faculty And Their Effect On Student Achievement, Leverne Barrett Jan 1985

Personality-Type Differences Of Students And Faculty And Their Effect On Student Achievement, Leverne Barrett

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

There is an increasing int rest among agricultural educators to find ways to improve instruction and learning. Within the last 10 years considerable attention has been given tot he effects of personality type on teaching and learning. Nearly 700 studies have been completed, but few have involved students of agriculture. Lawrence (1982) has stated that one of the greatest problems of American education today is the failure to recognize the unique learning needs of differing personality types.