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Southern Agricultural Communications Undergraduate Programs: A Survey, Randy Weckman, Deborah Witham, Ricky Telg Dec 2000

Southern Agricultural Communications Undergraduate Programs: A Survey, Randy Weckman, Deborah Witham, Ricky Telg

Journal of Applied Communications

Student enrollment in agricultural communications undergraduate programs continues to increase throughout the southern region. This research reports on a survey of the nine agricultural communications programs in the 13-state southern region. The survey reviewed programmatic areas being taught, the number of students enrolled at each of the institutions, the faculty allocated to the effort, and faculty opinions about the future directions of their programs, especially in terms of enrollment and support for the program. Findings include that all programs depend on a small number of faculty to teach courses; and many of those faculty seem frustrated with a low level …

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Organizational Satisfaction And Participation: Ace Members Speak Out, Larae M. Donnellan, Gail Snowdon Dec 2000

Organizational Satisfaction And Participation: Ace Members Speak Out, Larae M. Donnellan, Gail Snowdon

Journal of Applied Communications

Any professional organization, such as Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE), needs to stay relevant to the needs of its members. This article reports the results of a 1998 membership survey that examined such questions as why people belong to ACE, how well ACE is meeting member needs, what would make ACE more relevant, and whether ACE should change its name. Fifty-four percent of active members responded to an on-line survey. The top reasons given for belonging to ACE included professional development and networking with peers. However, only 47 percent of respondents felt ACE was doing "well" or "very well" in …

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Impact Of Communication Apprehension And Communication Skills Training On Interaction In A Distance Education Course, Kathleen Dodge Kelsey Dec 2000

Impact Of Communication Apprehension And Communication Skills Training On Interaction In A Distance Education Course, Kathleen Dodge Kelsey

Journal of Applied Communications

The importance of providing students with skills necessary for success in distance education classrooms is uncontested; however, few universities have done so. This case study sought to answer two questions: (a) What was the impact of communication apprehension (CA) on distance education students who experience the trait; and (b) What was the impact of a skills training session on interaction in a distance education course? Findings indicate that communication apprehensive students could not be motivated to interact regardless of interventions; however, non-CA students did benefit from the skills training session. An outline for a recommended skills training session based on …

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Unleashing The Artist Within: New Directions For Research In Adult Education, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Craig A. Mealman Sep 2000

Unleashing The Artist Within: New Directions For Research In Adult Education, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Craig A. Mealman

Adult Education Research Conference

The potential for using various art forms (drama, poetry, music, literature, visual art) in the collection and analysis of data, and in the expression of research findings is explored in this roundtable discussion.

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Creating A Centre For University Faculty Learning And Teaching: Adult Education In The Academy Of The Second Millennium, Marilyn E. Laiken Sep 2000

Creating A Centre For University Faculty Learning And Teaching: Adult Education In The Academy Of The Second Millennium, Marilyn E. Laiken

Adult Education Research Conference

Although numerous attempts have been made to establish a centre for excellence in teaching and learning at the University of Toronto, none have been sustained. The author suggests that a more systemically-focused approach which uses wide consultation and collaborative planning with key stakeholders may help achieve the goal.

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Collaboration Anxiety: What Do We Do About It?, Lynette Harper, Marina Niks, Allison Tom Sep 2000

Collaboration Anxiety: What Do We Do About It?, Lynette Harper, Marina Niks, Allison Tom

Adult Education Research Conference

The growing momentum of collaborative and participatory research initiatives is raising new issues in social science research. Collaborative research projects differ dramatically in their theoretical and methodological approaches, but they all involve personal risk-taking by the researchers as well as the researched. We believe that the most critical topic in collaboration is the commitment to changing the power dynamics in a research relationship.

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Learning Under Fire: Adult Education In The Heat Of Conflict, R. Michael Fisher Sep 2000

Learning Under Fire: Adult Education In The Heat Of Conflict, R. Michael Fisher

Adult Education Research Conference

A critical review of the discourses on ‘conflict’ in conflict management education literature revealed an ideological bias and "hidden curriculum" of propaganda, which is heavily influencing social conflict conceptualizations and practices. Workers with adults have an emerging 'conflict' pedagogy to develop and draw upon as counterhegemonic. Conflict is re-examined as a critical site of learning.

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A Bourdieuian Perspective On Differences In Adult Learning Styles: Deconstructing Asian Learners, Marie-France Champagne, Pierre Walter Sep 2000

A Bourdieuian Perspective On Differences In Adult Learning Styles: Deconstructing Asian Learners, Marie-France Champagne, Pierre Walter

Adult Education Research Conference

No abstract available.

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Assessing Student Progress Toward The Equipped For The Future Standards: Issues And Lessons To Date, Brenda Bell, Peggy Mcguire Sep 2000

Assessing Student Progress Toward The Equipped For The Future Standards: Issues And Lessons To Date, Brenda Bell, Peggy Mcguire

Adult Education Research Conference

Equipped for the Future (EFF), the national standards-based system reform initiative for adult education, has developed sixteen content standards that define the core knowledge and skills adults need to effectively carry out their primary roles. The current stage of EFF research is focused on development of performance standards for these content standards. This roundtable will discuss issues and findings from this field-based research.

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Experiential Subsistence Learning: Researching The Transformative Moments In Motherwork, Rose Barg Sep 2000

Experiential Subsistence Learning: Researching The Transformative Moments In Motherwork, Rose Barg

Adult Education Research Conference

In this paper I explore the learning and knowledge creation that takes place within the lived experience of motherwork through artful inquiry that includes storytelling, narrative and poesis.

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Mapping Use Of A Self-Directed On-Line Heart Disease Education Program Onto Health Learning Outcomes: A Study Of Post-Heart Attack Learners, Meg Wise, Gi Woong Yun, Bret Shaw Sep 2000

Mapping Use Of A Self-Directed On-Line Heart Disease Education Program Onto Health Learning Outcomes: A Study Of Post-Heart Attack Learners, Meg Wise, Gi Woong Yun, Bret Shaw

Adult Education Research Conference

We correlated 25 heart patients’ changes in four behaviors to usage of behavior themes and three on-line learning activities. Information correlated negatively; communications correlated positively; and interactive planning showed a positive trend with changing behaviors. These findings challenge on-line educators to transcend information provision and offer more opportunities that integrate social interaction and planning.

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A Gendered Edge: Auto/Biographical Research Into Doctors And Lifelong Learning In The Inner-City, Linden West Sep 2000

A Gendered Edge: Auto/Biographical Research Into Doctors And Lifelong Learning In The Inner-City, Linden West

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper considers "lifelong learning" among a group of doctors within the "male" medical profession. It explores their struggle to be effective and reflective practitioners, in a world where subjective knowledge and cultural understanding are often derided, and yet "success" may depend on the integration of medical with cultural and emotional literacy.

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Beyond Coady: Adult Education And The End Of Utopian Modernism, Michael R. Welton Sep 2000

Beyond Coady: Adult Education And The End Of Utopian Modernism, Michael R. Welton

Adult Education Research Conference

No abstract available.

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Questions For The Adult Educator On A Virtual Odyssey: An Analysis Of Internet And Web-Based Learning, Sue Webb Sep 2000

Questions For The Adult Educator On A Virtual Odyssey: An Analysis Of Internet And Web-Based Learning, Sue Webb

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper examines the argument that lifelong learning should become increasingly dependent on education technology because this will alleviate many of the barriers to learning adults face. Lifelong learning is diverse, and so caution is needed when generalising from case specific research. The premise that new learning technologies promote social inclusion is still relatively untested.

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Practicing Citizens: Adult Stories Of Cocooning And Taking Flight, D. Ann Tunmer Sep 2000

Practicing Citizens: Adult Stories Of Cocooning And Taking Flight, D. Ann Tunmer

Adult Education Research Conference

This qualitative study concerns how a specific vehicle for social intervention programs impacts upon the civic behavior of targeted individuals. The crux of the problem is whether individuals can learn citizenship, and, if provided the skills and opportunities, will citizens utilize their knowledge to participate politically.

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Adroit Accountability Or Keeping A Step Ahead, John G. Richardson, Joy Staton, Ken Bateman, Clayton E. Hutcheson Sep 2000

Adroit Accountability Or Keeping A Step Ahead, John G. Richardson, Joy Staton, Ken Bateman, Clayton E. Hutcheson

Journal of Applied Communications

From its inception, the United States Cooperative Extension System has had a history of being accountable for its programs and funding. With accountability becoming of even greater importance, plans and proactive efforts must be undertaken to assure that useful program accomplishment information is made available to identified audiences in an aggressive manner. Yet, remaining continuously vigilant to the changing circumstances or political landscapes within a county or state is a critical must to assure that when questions of the value of Extension programs arise, its programs and budgets can withstand the scrutiny. Three case studies are described in which proactive …

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A Brief History Of Ace, William E. Carnahan Sep 2000

A Brief History Of Ace, William E. Carnahan

Journal of Applied Communications

The American Association of Agricultural College Editors (AAACE) was created on July 10, 1913, when six land grant college agricultural editors met at the University of Illinois. The Illinois gathering was so successful that the founders decided the conference should be an annual affair. The second meeting was a two-day conference, June 25 and 26, 1914, at the University of Kentucky, with seventeen attending. At the Wisconsin meeting in 1915, the AAACE constitution was adopted and the name “American Association of Agricultural College Editors” was established. AAACE was renamed Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE) in 1978. Since its beginning, ACE …

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The Collection And Use Of Student Level Data: Implications For School Finance Research, Lawrence O. Picus, Ed Robillard Sep 2000

The Collection And Use Of Student Level Data: Implications For School Finance Research, Lawrence O. Picus, Ed Robillard

Educational Considerations

The principal focus of school finance in the past has been on elimination of fiscal disparities among school districts.

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We Can Do Better: An Essay On Education Finance And Generational Continuity In A Globalizing Economy, Maureen W. Mcclure Sep 2000

We Can Do Better: An Essay On Education Finance And Generational Continuity In A Globalizing Economy, Maureen W. Mcclure

Educational Considerations

For the last two decades, education finance research has been framed almost solely within a traditional policy framework of neoclassical economics.

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The Financial Impact Of Charter Schools On School Districts, Edward Muir, F. Howard Nelson, Rachel Drown Sep 2000

The Financial Impact Of Charter Schools On School Districts, Edward Muir, F. Howard Nelson, Rachel Drown

Educational Considerations

Charter schools are new or converted schools “chartered” by agents of the state, which offer families options in addition to those choices available through their school district.

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Compensation Reform As Teaching Improvement Policy, Neil D. Theobald Sep 2000

Compensation Reform As Teaching Improvement Policy, Neil D. Theobald

Educational Considerations

Educating children is a labor-intensive enterprise. As such, teacher compensation is central to addressing educational improvement.

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Spending On Instructional Staff Support Among Big City School Districts: Why Are Urban Districts Spending At Such High Levels?, Kieran M. Killeen, David H. Monk, Margaret L. Plecki Sep 2000

Spending On Instructional Staff Support Among Big City School Districts: Why Are Urban Districts Spending At Such High Levels?, Kieran M. Killeen, David H. Monk, Margaret L. Plecki

Educational Considerations

In a recent study conducted under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy (CTP), we found that U.S. school districts, on average, direct 2.8% of their annual budgets toward what the Census Bureau defines as instructional staff support.

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Upland Farmers' Comprehension Of Pictorial Messages On Environmental Protection, R. S. Gravoso, T. H. Stuart Sep 2000

Upland Farmers' Comprehension Of Pictorial Messages On Environmental Protection, R. S. Gravoso, T. H. Stuart

Journal of Applied Communications

This study was conducted to explore upland farmers’ comprehension of pictorial messages on environmental protection. Eighteen visuals dealing with interrelated topics on environmental protection applied in the uplands were used in the study. Data were gathered through individual interviews and focus group discussion. Results showed that except for the line drawing and reverse reproduction, the visuals were not significantly different in terms of comprehensibility. Age was inversely related to visual comprehension. Educational attainment, visual exposure, and knowledge of environmental protection positively influenced visual comprehension.

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“Work? I Have Learned To Live With It.” A Biographical Perspective On Work, Learning And Living... ...More Than Just A Story, Veerle Stroobants, Danny Wildermeersch Aug 2000

“Work? I Have Learned To Live With It.” A Biographical Perspective On Work, Learning And Living... ...More Than Just A Story, Veerle Stroobants, Danny Wildermeersch

Adult Education Research Conference

A biographical perspective on living and learning is more than an outgrowth or continuation of current individualisation processes. Stories of women about work and life, show that the notion of biography holds possibilities to create other meaningful connections between individual and society than those nowadays judged problematic or at loss.

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The Third Way And Feminist Imaginings, Joyce Stalker Aug 2000

The Third Way And Feminist Imaginings, Joyce Stalker

Adult Education Research Conference

The Third Way purports to be a new way which merges the best elements of social democracy and neo-liberalism. Although it is an extremely ambiguous concept, it clearly exhibits androcentric characteristics. Its ambiguity offers adult educators the opportunity to influence its direction and operationalisation in order to improve the dis-location of women.

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Crediting Adult Learning, Bruce Spencer, Derek Briton, Winston Gereluk Aug 2000

Crediting Adult Learning, Bruce Spencer, Derek Briton, Winston Gereluk

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper reports on the uncertainties and dilemmas experienced by three researchers as they continue to explore how informal and non-formal union-sponsored learning can be translated into college and university credits.

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Citizenship Learning And Democratic Engagement: Political Capital Revisited, Daniel Schugurnesky Aug 2000

Citizenship Learning And Democratic Engagement: Political Capital Revisited, Daniel Schugurnesky

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper attempts to contribute to the debates on adult citizenship education, particularly regarding the connections between citizenship learning and the redistribution of political power.

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Before The Memory Fades: Measuring Long Term Memory In Older Adults, Jeb Schenck Aug 2000

Before The Memory Fades: Measuring Long Term Memory In Older Adults, Jeb Schenck

Adult Education Research Conference

An instrument was designed to measure visual memory span, a common form of memory used by adult learners. The instrument tested 239 older adults, using color photographs of household objects, which were later recalled. A number of significant variables were found and the instrument is believed suitable for examining the efficacy of adult instructional methods.

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Passing The Buck: Transferring Social And Cultural Capital In An Employment Preparation Program, Ralf St.Clair Aug 2000

Passing The Buck: Transferring Social And Cultural Capital In An Employment Preparation Program, Ralf St.Clair

Adult Education Research Conference

This case study examines influences on curriculum in the employment preparation provision of a trade union in British Columbia. Analysis illustrates the importance of forces external to the immediate educational setting, the most pervasive being the requirement to function as an effective means of transferring cultural and social capital to unemployed people.

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Revisiting The Map Of The Territory, Kjell Rubenson Aug 2000

Revisiting The Map Of The Territory, Kjell Rubenson

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study was to revisit the article The Map of the Territory, written twenty years ago. The analysis is based on a review of major journals, conference proceedings and some key books. The review reveals how the landscape is being shifted by paradigmatic changes in the social sciences and the broadening of the boundary of adult education practice. The separation of empirically and normatively informed arguments is seen as a major problem for the drawing of the map

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