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2. Exploring agricultural communications students' perceptions of communication apprehension and writing apprehension in the classroom
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ahrens, Chelsey Ann (author), Meyers, Courtney (author), Irlbeck, Erica (author), Burris, Scott (author), and Roach, David (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-01-01
- Published:
- USA: ERIC
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10161
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(2) : 119-133
- Notes:
- 15 pages., ISSN-1042-0541, Via ERIC., Employers have identified oral and written communications skills to be the most important skills graduates should possess when entering the workforce. In order for faculty to better understand their students' oral and written communications skills, they should understand what apprehension the students have toward oral and written communications. Specifically, no studies have been found that explore communication apprehension (CA) or writing apprehension (WA) in agricultural communications students. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore agricultural communications students' perceptions of CA and WA. Participants believe agricultural communications instructors set up an environment that is conducive to changing behavior. However, students realized and identified areas of improvement that could help them lower their CA and WA. Recommendations for practice are provided in order to help alleviate CA and WA in agricultural communications students.
3. How to involve rural NEET youths in agriculture? highlights of an untold story
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Simões, Francisco (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-01-01
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10640
- Journal Title:
- Community Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 49(5): 556-573
- Notes:
- 19 pages., via online journal., This article discusses how to involve rural youths not in employment, education, or training (or NEETs) in agriculture. A Portuguese network-based project called Terra Nostra, carried out from 2013 to 2015 to engage and train NEETs in ecoagriculture activities, was examined to address this issue. The study focused on three aspects: a reanalysis of Terra Nostra’s final report, based on the bioecological model, targeting typical problems with NEETs’ involvement and how the project aimed to overcome them; the lessons learned from the project according to the literature; and the state of the art regarding identical social interventions with NEETs in Portugal and the rest of Europe. A major conclusion stemming from the analysis is that similar projects will need to address the limitations of employment public services in reaching out to rural NEETs and the state’s excessive protectionism of the sector.