These proceedings contain the texts of 29 papers presented at the ninth Annual Agricultural Education Research Meeting. During the five sessions of the conference, various areas of agricultural education were addressed, such as inservice education, job satisfaction and morale, teacher concerns, national issues, program improvement, preservice education, education and work transitions, instructional materials, and supervised occupational experience (SOE) programs. The following are typical individual papers delivered at each of the nine theme sessions of the meeting: "A Systematic Approach to Identifying Technical Inservice Needs of Teachers," by R. Kirby Barrick; "A Comparison of Perceived Job Satisfaction of Nonvocational and Vocational Teachers," by Joe W. Kotrlik, Steve Woodley, and Annette Sharp; "Perceptions of the Value of Extended Service in Horticulture," by Larae Watkins; "A National Survey of Student Misbehavior in Agricultural Education," by William G. Camp and James M. Garrison; "An Assessment of Vocational Agriculture Programs as Perceived by Female Students," by Marvin J. Cepica and Thomas A. Quarels; "Agricultural Education Preservice Instruction for Teaching Handicapped Students," by Anthony Mallilo; "Factors Relating to the Job Placement of Former Secondary and Postsecondary Vocational Education Students," by Floyd L. McKinney and Ida M. Halasz; "The Impact of Programatic SOE Instruction on the Self-Image of Students," by Carlton E. Morris and David L. Williams; and "Student Benefits from School Farm Activities as Perceived by Administrators and Instructors," by David A. McCarthy and David L. Williams. Discussant papers are also included. (MN)