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The Relationship Of Economic Welfare And Perceived Financial Adequacy And Satisfaction Of Omaha Retired Families, Sheran L. Cramer

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of economic welfare and perceived financial adequacy and satisfaction of Omaha retired families. Secondary objectives were to examine the relationship between economic welfare and perceived adequacy and satisfaction and selected demographic factors and between income and economic welfare as measures of economic situation. Selected Omaha retirees were asked to complete the survey providing the necessary information to compute the economic welfare measure, background information and items to determine perceived financial adequacy and satisfaction. Background information included marital status, sex, race, age, education, family size, health and living situation. In addition, …

A Comparison Of Agricultural Mechanics And Competencies Needed And Competencies Possessed By Vocational Agriculture Teachers In Nebraska, William Lee Umbaugh

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.

Attitudes Of A Selected Sample Of Middle-Aged Women Toward Aging, Helen Jane Speece

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The primary objective of the study was to survey attitudes of middle-aged women toward aging. The secondary objective was to give direction in planning educational programs for this age group. The problem was to determine the relationship among attitudes toward aging and attitudes toward self, satisfaction in resolving developmental tasks, and contact with older people and planning for old age. An analysis was also made of the relationship of attitudes toward aging and perceived financial security and perceived health in old age. This study was an exploratory, descriptive survey utilizing a proportionate random sample of 241 Extension Club members in …

A Comparison Of The Acceptance Of Selected In-Service Training Approaches By Field-Dependent Independent Home Economics Cooperating Teacher In The State Of Nebraska, Cheryl G. Fedje

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to compare the acceptance of three competency-based teacher education modules by field-dependent-independent Nebraska home economics cooperating teachers in a group setting and in an independent learning environment. The study explored three major questions: 1. Is there a difference in the satisfaction level of field-dependent and field-independent home economics cooperating teachers in specified competency-based teacher education modules?

2. Is there a difference in the achievement level of field-dependent and field-independent home economics cooperating teachers in terms of satisfactory completion of the learning activities included in specified competency-based teacher education modules?

3. Will field-dependent home economics …

Departmental Review: Department Of Agricultural Education, Osmund S. Gilbertson

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

1. Schedule for Review of Departmental Program

2. Overview of Agricultural Education Department: Functions; Budgets; Where Ag. Ed. Graduates Go; Advisory Council

3. University Administration: UN-L Organization Chart; IANR Administrative Chart

4. Agricultural Education Faculty: Staff and Assignments; Appointments, status and experience; Professional Activities during last two calendar years

5. Instructional Program: Teaching &Advisement; mEnrollment History; Undergraduate Curriculum; Graduate Program; Departmental Self Survey

6. Research and Writing: Project Descriptions; Accomplishments; Planned Objectives; Recent Publications

7. Extension Activities

8. Special Programs: In-Service Education; Curriculum Modification Project

9. Future Directions: Instructional; Research; Extension; Continuing/In-Service

A Study To Test The Teacher Perceivers Interview As An Instrument That Would Select Vocational Agriculture Instructors That Develop Positive Rapport With Their Students, James E. Simmons

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to test the Teacher Perceiver Interview as an instrument that would select vocational agriculture instructors that develop positive rapport with their students. A review of literature that led to this study stemmed from three areas. These were the use of the interview in hiring prospective teachers, the teacher-pupil rapport concept, and combining these two processes into an interview instrument intended to measure the teacher-pupil rapport an applicant could be expected to develop. A random sample of forty-five vocational agriculture instructors was selected out of a total of 138 teachers in the state of Nebraska. …

Acceptability Of Vocational Technical Education Program Evaluation Measures By Selected Decision Marker Groups, Richard Alvin Bringelson

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to determine the acceptability of evaluation measures which have been used to report the results of vocational technical education programs. Acceptability was defined as the willingness of a person to use the particular information in making decisions regarding vocational technical education programs. The initial group of measures was obtained by reviewing published reports on the results of vocational technical education, manpower and related types of programs. A categorized list of 101 items was presented to a jury of professional administrators and public policy makers to identify those items which they would use in decision …

Adult Education Aspects Of A Program Of A State Government, Kent K. Murray

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

With the passage of LB-722 in 1959, the State of Nebraska embarked on one of the most extensive and challenging adult education programs of the past decade. LB-722 established the Nebraska Agricultural Products Industrial Utilization Research Program (Nebraska Program) which in the course of its ambitious life undertook the re-education, first of Nebraska's production-oriented agricultural citizens, and then of other agricultural states and the Federal Government. Seen as an adult education program, the Nebraska Program clearly represented the kind of "enlargement of the definition of the clientele of adult education" proposed by Malcolm Knowles. This was adult education moving "away …

An Observation Of The Adult Education Program In The Strategic Air Command As A Social Change Facilitator, Raymond Earl Tinsley

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This study, prepared by Colonel Raymond E. Tinsley, USAF, deviates somewhat from the_ standard doctoral dissertation format. The writer was personally involved in many of the events and activities which preceded the study, and, therefore, became the prime documentation source. Due to the national objective to abolish the military draft and create an all-volunteer force, the United States Air Force, in 1970, initiated Project Volunteer--a program to determine those-factors influencing retention rate. In its report, Project Volunteer Considerations, 88 irritants to Air Force life were disclosed. In an effort to remove these irritants, the Air Force embarked on an adult …

A Survey Of The Perceptions Of Pre-Retired Older Workers In Selected Businesses Toward Various Aspects Of Retirement With Implications For Pre-Retirement Education, Donald W. Swoboda

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This study was designed to determine how older workers in Nebraska perceived their own retirement situation, specifically as related to financial issues and pre-retirement planning. Twelve questions were developed as guides: for use in conducting this study. These questions were designed to determine older worker perceptions of: Personal retirement income adequacy, proportion of pre-retirement income necessary for retirement, responsibility for retiree finances, the role of children in the retirement finances of older persons, the responsibility of the government, present retiree income situation, willingness to make increased social security payments In order to increase the income of present retirees and themselves, …

History Of Vocational Agriculture In Nebraska, M. G. Mccreight

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Materials and History

No abstract provided.

History Of Vocational Agriculture In Nebraska, M. G. Mccreight

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this publication is to present a history of Agricultural Education at the secondary school level in Nebraska. Attention is called to efforts of the State of Nebraska to implement instruction at the secondary level prior to the beginning of and during the early years of the twentieth century. These efforts laid the foundation for the State to be readily acceptable to vocational agriculture programs made possible by the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act by the Congress of the United States in 1917.The author has been a part of the Vocational Agricultural Program in Nebraska since 1938. He …

Dealer Influence On Farmers' Decisions To Purchase Pesticides, Loyd L. Young

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence agricultural pesticide dealers have on farmers' decisions to purchase and use agricultural pesticides. Specific objectives of the study were to: 1. Ascertain the extent to which dealers influence farmers in their decision-making to use and purchase pesticides. 2. Examine the characteristics of the farmer and his farming operation in relation to the amount of influence the dealer had on the farmers' pesticide purchasing decisions. 3. Evaluate the reasons farmers selected their pesticide dealers. 4. Determine the factors that influenced farmers to use pesticides. PROCEDURE Data were obtained. by personal interviews …

The Identification And Differentation Of Selected Professional Competencies For Agricultural Educators, Ronald E. Stoller

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Purpose of the Study The primary purpose of the study was to determine whether a common core of professional competancies for agricultural educators could be identified. The study was also designed to identify and differentiate professional competencies most important for individual respondent groups. Assumption It Was assumed that all agricultural educators were proficient in the necessary technical agricultural subject matter such as, agronomy, animal science, to perform their job. Only selected professional competencies as they relate to the pedagogy for teaching were studied, Procedure A study questiormaire containing 147 professional cOl'lpetencies was developed and tested with the aid of a …

Ornamental Horticultural Employment Opportunities In Omaha, Nebraska, Robert P. Kirwin Jr.

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the ornamental horticultural employment opportunities in the metropolitan area of Omaha, Nebraska. The problem was defined in terms of the following objectives : (1) to identify employment opportunities by clusters of job titles or occupational areas; (2) to determine trends of occupational opportunities existing in the field of ornamental horticulture; and (3) to identify selected characteristics of employees in ornamental horticulture businesses: (a) level of education desired for future employees, and (b) ages of employees. Methods. The region of study, or universe, was designated as Omaha, Nebraska. For purposes of this …

A Descriptive Analysis Of Instructional Design Programs, James G. Buterbaugh

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.

An Eighth Grade Review Book, G. C. Cook

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Formerly having taught a District School for two years I realize the need in County Schools of some kind of an Eighth Grade Review book.

The purpose of this book is to aid the teacher in reviewing the pupil and also to furnish a source by which the pupil can review himself. This book is not to be used as a regular text throughout the year, but to be used for review during the month preceding eight grade examinations.

The material herein is written in the simpIest language in order that it may be understandable to every eighth grade pupil. …