16 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This study elucidates on how faculty supervision support to students during farm placements and other facilitating conditions influence farmer learning in the student-centred university outreach.
Methodology/Design/Approach: Cross-sectional data were collected from a sample of 283 farmers who had previously hosted students of Gulu University in the student-to-farmer university outreach. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse how faculty supervision support to students in combination with other facilitating conditions affect the formation of intentions for learning and actual farmer learning behaviour.
Findings: Faculty supervision support in the student-to-farmer outreach was found to significantly influence formation of intentions for learning (β = 0.380; t = 5.263; P < .01) and actual farmer learning behaviour (β = 0.182; t = 2.081; P < .05).
Practical implications: Faculty supervision support to students is critical to fostering lasting learning relationships in university outreach. Thus, it needs to be a part of the transformation agenda of the higher education sector for improved community linkages and innovation.
Theoretical implications: Empirical data obtained from the context of student-centred university outreach is used to extend the model of facilitating conditions.
Originality/Value: The study addresses how faculty supervision support together with farmers’ perception of student attitudes and the value of the learning content influence farmers’ learning behaviour during university outreach.
James F. Evans Collection, This article summarizes the results of a video technology survey in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia. Faculty perceptions and use of alternative video systems are presented. Impacts of video technology on faculty activities and productivity are examined. Faculty adoption of video technology are described in a human capital framework. The study found that enhanced video technology would increase faculty productivity, involve more faculty in teaching activities, reduce travel time and costs, and improve communications within in the college. Strategies for developing enhanced video communications are discussed. (original)
James F. Evans Collection, The shared hopes of farm ownership in America motivated many Black farmers and educators during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although an independent Black yeomanry was not to be, and a host of factors have combined to remove Black Americans from farming, the quest has not been a vain one. Black land-grant institutions continue to redefine their mission in a changing world and in the process maintain their relevancy. (original).
Paper presented at the first national conference on agribusiness education in Australia, titled "Developing Tomorrow's Agribusiness Leaders," 1988 August 9-11; Canberra, Australia
Boone, Kristina M. (author), Paulson, Curtis E. (author), Barrick, R. Kirby (author), and Department of Agricultural Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 96 Document Number: C07599
Knapp, David C. (author / President, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07211
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 84020734; Paper presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, November 8, 1992, In: American Cooperation. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Cooperation, 1983. p. 113-118
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11167
Notes:
From the International Project file, "Indonesia - MUCIA Request," of the Agricultural Communications Program, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois., 11 pages., A request for a grant to implement an exploratory study of opportunities to improve rural development communication systems and programs in Indonesia. Includes situation analysis, scope of study, and budget proposal.
Braithwaite, William M. (author), Howard, Wayne H. (author), Laidlaw, John (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics and Business, University of Guelph
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1991-05
Published:
Canada: New York : John Wiley & Sons
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06228
search through journal, This study examined the daily influences that affected the behavior of agricultural communications personnel as professional communicators. If focused on the conditions that the employees perceived as influencing their behavior and how these phenomena related to the total communications process of the department. The researcher used Strauss and Corbin's grounded theory method of qualitative research. The findings of this study suggest that changing organizational needs are affecting the professional behavior of communications personnel. The relationship between agricultural communications departments and their clientele, both internal and external, is changing because of budget-slashing priorities common throughout institutions of higher education. (original)
Helsel, Diana G. (author / Academic Discipline Specialist in Agriculture, Academic Information Systems, IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC) and Academic Discipline Specialist in Agriculture, Academic Information Systems, IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04062
Maples, Sara Kathryn (author) and University of Arkansas
Format:
Thesis
Publication Date:
2018
Published:
Ann Arbor: ProQuest
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 17 Document Number: D10468
Notes:
97 pages., Via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses., There is a current need to identify and describe opinions of prospective employers and current agricultural students about the prospects of developing an agricultural communications academic discipline in the U.K. An understanding of the competencies employers would expect of agricultural communications graduates, as well as an understanding of what students would expect to learn, would form the conceptualization and development of the discipline in the U.K. A total of 22 agricultural communications professionals and 67 agricultural students from across the United Kingdom completed the survey. Collected data showed agricultural students and agricultural communications professionals answers overall were not statistically different. Both groups found many of the competencies such as writing skills and general communication skills to be important for an agricultural communications graduate in the United Kingdom. Future studies should investigate the need for an agricultural communications academic discipline in the communications profession in the United Kingdom.
James F. Evans Collection, Research and extension program priorities of land-grant colleges of agriculture have received considerable attention over the past several decades. In contrast, undergraduate education has received comparatively little attention. However, this may be changing. Negative publicity about declining undergraduate enrollments and stressed budgets for agricultural college teaching programs at some institutions are leading some deans and faculties alike to examine their undergraduate programs and consider how curricula and courses can better meet student and employer needs. Unless this is done, research and extension programs, as well as teaching programs, will be adversely affected. (original)
Baker, Lauri M. (author), Settle, Quisto (author), Chiarelli, Christy (author), and Irani, Tracy (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2011-02-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 188 Document Number: D01524
Notes:
Paper presented in the Agricultural Communication Section of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists annual meeting in Corpus Christi,Texas, February 6-7, 2011. 23 pages.
Fuller, Anthony M. (author), Waldron, Mark W. (author), and University of Guelph.
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06871
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 91052095, In: van den Bor, W.; Shute, J.C.M.; and Moore, G.A.B., eds. South-North partnership in strengthening higher education in agriculture. Wageningen, Netherland : Pudoc, 1989. p. 101-113.
Full Title: Postgraduate education programmes in cooperation with local government and representatives of the general public to enhance efficiency of farming and food processing industry - experience recorded by Schwerin Regional Branch of GDR-Scientific-Society-of-Veterinary-Medicine, Current Contents Agr/Bio
Garland, Maureen (author / Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1993-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C07009
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1993. 6 p. (Paper presented at the 1993 International Agricultural Communicators in Education conference; 1993 May 8-12; Miami, FL)
5 pages., Article #:3TOT1, via online journal., Higher education resources are increasingly limited due to declining budget revenue and other challenges. Thus, it is vital for Cooperative Extension to synergize efforts of disseminating education to the public. Promoting public scholarship in and beyond Extension is a promising initiative that can foster collaborations by leveraging existing resources in advancing the Extension mission. We highlight a new program aimed at encouraging a culture of public scholarship across academia. The program is intended to increase knowledge about public scholarship and awareness of its benefits to stakeholders, identify barriers to public scholarship, and provide concrete examples of ways Extension and non-Extension faculty can collaborate on research and programming efforts.
Paper presented at the first national conference on agribusiness education in Australia, titled "Developing Tomorrow's Agribusiness Leaders," 1988 August 9-11; Canberra, Australia
Deeds, Jacquelyn P. (author), Hitchner, Mary G. (author), Johnson, Donald M. (author), and Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06111
Dillon, Justin (author) and Teamey, Kelly (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08793
Notes:
Pages 143-162 in Dillon, Justin, Towards a convergence between science and environmental education: the selected works of Justin Dillon. United States: Routledge, New York City, New York, 2017. 361 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes4 Document Number: C12430
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Summary report of the Southern Regional Work Conferences for the Improvement of College Teaching in Agriculture. Sponsored by Danforth Foundation, Farm Foundation and Sears-Roebuck Foundation. 19 p.
Hambley, Diane I. (author), Marquardt, Raymond A. (author), and College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-03
Published:
USA: New York : John Wiley & Sons
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06211
James F. Evans Collection, The purpose of this paper is to cause teachers, students, public officials and others in International Agricultural to contemplate how the use of so-called derogatory adjectives portrays judgement and negativism upon other nations and societies creating harm for future relations. (original)
Bentley, Orville G. (author), Johnson, Eldon L. (author), and Johnson: Vice President Emeritus, University of Illinois; Senior Adviser, INTERPAKS; Bentley: Dean Emeritus, College of Agricultural, University of Illinois; Senior Adviser, Office of International Agriculture
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1992-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06575
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Urbana, IL : University of Illinois, International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems, 1992. 39 p.
7 pages., Via online journal., Virtual plant walk maps were developed for an ornamental plant identification (ID) course, with the goal of providing an additional study resource to potentially enhance student learning. The maps provided students an opportunity to revisit plants covered in lecture and laboratory sections at their own convenience, using either a computer or mobile device. Each map plotted the locations of the plants from the corresponding list and provided photographs of specimens, plant family, common and scientific names, and plant type information. At the end of the course, a survey was given to collect information about student use and perceptions of the virtual plant walk maps for two fall semesters (n = 87). Survey results indicated 63% of the students used the virtual plant walk maps as a study resource. Students who used the maps reported accessing the maps an average of 3.2 times between receiving the maps and taking the plant ID quiz in laboratory. Students mainly used the maps to study the most current plant list and accessed previous plant list maps to a lesser extent. About 67% of students who used the virtual maps, used the maps to visually review the plants online only, although 31% of students used the maps for both visual review and to physically retrace the plant walk to view the live specimens. Of the students who did not use the maps, most found other study resources/methods more useful or they forgot about the maps as a resource. When asked to rate usefulness of the maps on a scale from slightly useful (1) to very useful (3), 43% of students indicated that the virtual maps study tool was very useful, 25% indicated the maps were useful, and 8% indicated that the maps were slightly useful. A significant dependence between student use frequency and student usefulness ratings of virtual plant walk maps was observed. As students’ use of the virtual maps increased, they perceived the maps to be more useful to their studies in preparing for ID quizzes. No differences between plant ID quiz scores were associated with virtual plant walk map use, learning style, or use by learning style. Our survey indicated that students used the virtual plant walk maps as a resource and perceived the maps as a useful tool in preparation for ID quizzes.
17 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This quantitative study sought to investigate the perceptions of teachers and students regarding competency-based education (CBE) principles at the College of Agriculture at Razi University.
Design: This research is a comparative analysis of two groups. The first group consists of undergraduate and graduate students majoring in agriculture who are members and non-members of student cooperatives (n = 256). The second group consists of agricultural faculty members (n = 59).
Findings: The results of this study show that students and teachers have different views with regard to the extent to which CBE principles are practiced in the College of Agriculture. Moreover, students with different learning patterns had different perceptions regarding the extent to which CBE is practiced, whereas teachers with different teaching patterns had the same perception of the application of CBE principles in the College of Agriculture.
Practical implications: This study has practical implications for agricultural higher education in general and colleges of agriculture in particular. Colleges of agriculture across Iran could encourage their students to establish and engage in student cooperatives so that the ‘what’ and ‘how’ aspects of CBE are put into practice.
Theoretical implications: This study has theoretical implications for CBE principles. For example, student cooperatives can be utilized by faculty members as one of the main strategies for developing CBE in agricultural colleges.
Originality/value: This study is original in that it moves from theory to practice when considering CBE.
Case report about public service activities in the human dimensions program of the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
