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Pb1669-Targeting School Groups For Agritainment Enterprises, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Marketing, Finances and Value-Added Agriculture

The past few years have witnessed an increased interest in agritainment activities (agritourism and entertainment farming) on Tennessee farms. Animal petting pens, pumpkin patches, hay-bale and corn mazes, farm tours and farm festivals have become almost commonplace across the state. Other agritainment activities such as children’s camps, corporate events and cabin rentals are also being implemented. These and other agritainment activities have created new uses for many farm resources and have contributed to additional sources of farm revenue.

Often begun as educational and awareness programs, many agritainment activities have been developed from small-scale, hobby-type activities into full-time, primary farm enterprises. …

Fact Book: 2001-2002, The Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment

UTK Fact Book

The University of Tennessee Office of Institutional Research and Assessment is pleased to welcome you to its twelfth annual Fact Book. This year's edition has presented some special challenges as the university's reorganization continues, and is, in some ways, a transitional year for the Fact Book. Unless otherwise noted, tables in the Fact Book now also include data for the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute at Tullahoma. In this same vein, a brief section of the Health Science Center has been added acknowledging the new relationship of the Knoxville and Memphis campuses.

Publishing a volume as comprehensive as …

Air Carrier Check Airman Training: An Adult Education Model, John A. Henschke Edd

IACE Hall of Fame Repository

Air carrier check airman selection and training is generally based on technical expertise. Teaching and learning styles are not currently part of the curriculum in theses training programs and thus may contribute to the significant dropouts and training problems. A model consisting of five building blocks that make up a systematic training program is introduced that may aid the non-experienced teacher of adults. Many air carrier check airmen have several years teaching experience, however for the purpose of this paper non-experienced with refer to those individuals who have not received formal training in teaching and learning styles of adults. A …

Andragogy: The Foundation For Its Theory, Research And Practice Linkage, John A. Henschke Edd

IACE Hall of Fame Repository

Although andragogy became popularized in the 1970's and 1980's in the USA through the work of Malcolm Knowles, its original introduction into the USA was in 1926 by E.C. Lindeman, and again in 1927 by E. C. Lindeman and M. L. Anderson. However, the oldest known published document using the concept was authored by a German -- Alexander Kapp, in 1833. Much of the published literature in recent times has focused on the popularized use of the term, reflecting either a wholesale support of Knowles' version of andragogy, or a "debunking" for the reason of what some call Knowles' unscientific …