Ferguson, Denise E. (author), Friesen-Schroeder, Carol A. (author), Wray, Pamela S. (author), and Marion County Health Department, Indianapolis, IN; Marion County Health Department, Indianapolis, IN; Marion County Health Department, Indianapolis, IN
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07876
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Ham, Mimeographed, 1994. 1 p. Presented at the Society for Nutrition Education, Portland, OR, July 16-20, 1994., Healthy People 2000 Objective 2.6 encourages Americans to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables to at least 5 or more servings per day. To help grade school children establish "fruit and vegetable-friendly" consumption patterns, a K-6 nutrition education curriculum emphasizing the "5 A Day for Better Health" principles was developed. Results of the pilot project, previously presented at SNE, were used to change the focus of the curriculum from a public health nurse-taught curriculum to a teacher-taught curriculum. Objectives of the second phase of the "5 A Day" curriculum project were to: 1) rewrite the curriculum so a classroom teacher with minimal nutrition knowledge could successfully teach the course, 2) offer "train-the-trainer" workshops to area elementary school teachers, and 3) compare students knowledge about, attitude toward and consumption of fruits and vegetables between teacher-taught and public health nurse-taught classes. Curriculum revisions were completed in October of 1993. To date, 221 elementary teachers have been trained in the "5 A Day" curriculum. Preliminary independent analysis of pre-/post-test results for both teachers (n=223) and nurses (n=4,562) indicates students demonstrated an increased knowledge about, an improved attitude toward, and an increased consumption of fruits and vegetables. A comparison of the teacher-taught and nurse-taught classes awaits further data collection. Students and teachers alike indicate this curriculum, approved by the National Cancer Institute, is a fun, "a-peeling" way to help foster healthier habits among today's youngsters!
Interview by Gumucio Dagron involving "one of Latin America's key development communication specialists. His practice and his writings cover more than 40 years of contributions to the field of communication for social change."
Jones, Dewitt (author), Parks, Alfred L. (author), and Jones: Professor and Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, Southern University; Parks: Professor and Chair, Department of Agriculture, Prairie View A&M University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07283
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22258
Notes:
Summaries presented to the Academic Programs Special Interest Group at the conference of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, San Antonio, Texas, June 1, 2005. 21 pages., Contains annual updates regarding academic programs at the University of Florida, University of Guelph, Kansas State University, Ohio State University, Oklahoma State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University.
USA: Academic Programs Special Interest Group, Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), Gainesville, Florida.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24472
USA: Academic Programs Special Interest Group, Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), Gainesville, Florida.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24473
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25859
Notes:
Presented at the 2007 ACE/NETC conference sponsored by the International Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) and the National Extension Technology Conference (NETC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 16-19, 2007. 12 pages., Reports from 11 of the universities that offer such programs.
USA: Academic Programs Special Interest Group, Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, Gainesville, Florida.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27720
Notes:
24 pages., Includes program reports from 10 universities that offer academic programs in agricultural communications and agricultural journalism.
Stockamp, Ashley (author) and Oklahoma State University
Format:
Dissertation
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Ann Arbor: ProQuest
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10466
Notes:
108 pages., ISBN: 9781124211367, Via Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global., Scope and method of study. The purpose of this study was to determine the professional development and curriculum needs of Oklahoma secondary agricultural education teachers as related to teaching agricultural communications. A qualitative study was conducted through a semi-structured focus group interview. The interview took place at a teacher training and included 19 participating teachers.
Findings and conclusions. A majority of the participating teachers had fewer than five year experience as secondary agricultural education teachers and in teaching agricultural communications The participants expressed a need for better teaching resources and curriculum in agricultural communications. The teachers said a database should be available to help the teachers develop their lesson plans and prepare for the agricultural communications career development event. Workshops for students were mentioned as a way to improve performance in the agricultural communications career development event. Based on these findings, the researcher concluded the universities need to assist in developing appropriate agricultural communications materials for secondary agricultural education. Prospective teachers also should be given training in agricultural communications during post-secondary education. Students at the secondary level should be given more opportunities to attend workshops in all areas of agricultural communications. More research should be conducted on the needs of secondary agricultural education students in agricultural communications as well as into the effects of improved materials for current secondary agricultural education teachers. This study should be repeated with different professional groups including agricultural communications faculty, agricultural education faculty, and pre-service students in agricultural education. The CIMC curriculum was improved in 2009 to address some of the issues presented by participating teachers.
