3 pages., Via online journal., Increased global trade coupled with diversified employment opportunities demand college graduates possessing well-developed professional skills. Recent survey results identified the importance of professional skills among candidates seeking employment, with communication being recognized as the most important skill or quality when selecting candidates. The ability to work within a team structure, solve complex problems, and organize and prioritize work also ranked high among industry employment needs. Despite a rigorous focus on discipline-oriented knowledge and skills, development of professional skills in students of horticulture may be overlooked or not fully developed. Teaching methods can be modified to incorporate development of professional skills and discipline-oriented knowledge to enhance student employment preparedness and directly address industry needs.
In the Peruvian Amazon, western-style education destroyed local knowledge, says the author. But trained indigenous teachers are restoring confidence in traditional values.
USA: National Project in Agricultural Communications, East Lansing, Michigan.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 193 Document Number: D07221
Notes:
Contributed by Hal Taylor, former Associate Director, Office of Communication, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and early staff member in the National Project in Agricultural Communications (NPAC)., Part of the Visual Communication Training Program of NPAC. 34 pages., A guide to philosophies, principles and procedures for instructors, training directors and others.
Kibwana, O. T. (author), Haile, Mitiku (author), and Tegegne, Firew (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01214
Notes:
Pages 331-346 in Waters-Bayer (eds.), Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, England. 362 pages.
Evans; Reprinted from author's book: Philippine folk media in development communication, chapter three. Singapore : Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre.
