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Download full textMcGhee, Maxie B.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1975
The study surveyed the attitudes toward vocational agriculture of all West Virginia superintendents, principals, county vocational directors, and guidance counselors in schools offering vocational agriculture. Survey was through Likert-type attitude scales (included in the appendix) to which all 257 individuals in the population responded.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Attitude Measures, Counselor Attitudes
Moore, Eddie A.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1975
To identify professional education competency needs for vocational agriculture teachers in Ohio, 555 secondary vocational agriculture teachers teaching in the State during 1973-74 were surveyed. The target population was stratified into three groups: (1) four-year college agricultural education majors, (2) four-year college technical agriculture…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Bender, Ralph E.; Newcomb, L. H. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1975
The authors describe the preservice curriculum for vocational agriculture teachers at Ohio State University, Columbus--Preparation for each taxonomy area, professional features of the curriculum, and internships in agriculture. (EA)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Classification, Curriculum Design, Internship Programs
PDF pending restorationYoder, Edgar P.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1976
Specific objectives of a cooperative university-industry occupational internship program were to (1) develop an assessment system to identify the competencies possessed and needed by individuals in the target population; (2) develop the guidelines, procedures, and necessary software for conducting a departmental cooperative university-industry…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Business, College Credits
Becker, William J.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1968
To identify the characteristics of students in the four technical agriculture programs in Ohio and to determine the association between selected student characteristics, success in the program, and later success in the world of work, data were collected from the cumulative records of 246 students, a student survey of current enrollment, 70…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Technicians, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Attitudes
Schmitt, Henry E.; Bender, Ralph E. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1971
To provide the foundation for the preparation of teachers in agriculture serving minorities, this article relates premises for teacher preparation programs as presented in Schmitt's Ph.D. dissertation, A Model for Preparing Teachers of Agriculture for Minority Populations." (GB)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Enrichment, Disadvantaged
Welton, Richard F.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1971
This report is a summary of a doctoral thesis concerning the relationship of Future Farmers of America (FAA) Chapter programs and the characteristics of vocational agricultural students participating in FFA activities. Based on data collected from 109 vocational agriculture departments, findings are summarized according to: (1) the attributes of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Enrichment Activities, Group Membership
Bender, Ralph E. – 1969
Schools have been encouraged by recent legislation to develop vocational programs for all students interested in any phase of agriculture. In 1968, a total of 524,775 high school students were enrolled; 26 percent were engaged in off-farm agricultural education programs. The 12,000 teachers of these students also conducted programs for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Choice, Career Development, College Preparation
PDF pending restorationVaughan, Paul R.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1976
This study was designed to (1) identify competencies in which a New Mexico vocational agriculture teacher's perceived level of proficiency was related to the degree of success of his Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter, (2) identify characteristics possessed by New Mexico vocational agriculture teachers which showed a significant relationship…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Research, Faculty Advisers, State Surveys
Knight, James A.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1978
To identify the major reasons why high school vocational agriculture teachers in Ohio left their teaching positions between 1970 and 1975, 134 former teachers and 118 current teachers were surveyed. Former teachers were asked to rank forty-five factors on the extent of influence each factor had on their decision to leave teaching. The five factors…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Change, Faculty Mobility, Job Satisfaction
Moore, Gary E.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1976
This study sought to determine if there was a difference in teaching effectiveness of entry-level 1-year vocationally certified teachers of vocational agriculture and entry-level 4-year provisionally certified teachers of vocational agriculture. Correlations were computed using performance on the teaching test, teacher educator ratings, students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis
Bender, Ralph E.; Wolf, Willard H. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational History, Foundations of Education, Leadership
Cummins, James E.; Bender, Ralph E. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Technicians, Educational Research, Followup Studies
Peer reviewedBender, Ralph E. – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1977
Land grant universities have a responsibility to prepare extension personnel as well as teachers of vocational agriculture. The functions of both are similar, some courses serve both groups, many extension staff personnel are located at the universities, and extension education as part of the agricultural education department improves the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Responsibility
Luft, Vernon D.; Bender, Ralph E. – 1974
The shortage of teachers in vocational agriculture and the growing number of programs and students in vocational agriculture indicate the necessity of improved agricultural education recruitment programs. The major purpose of this study was to develop guidelines for teacher recruitment programs for use by university and State Departments of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Developmental Programs, Guidelines, Higher Education
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