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Kelsey, Kathleen D.; Lin, Hong; Franke-Dvorak, Tanya C. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2011
Wiki has been lauded as a tool that enhances collaborative writing in educational settings and moves learners toward a state of communal constructivism (Holmes, Tangney, FitzGibbon, Savage, & Mehan., 2001). Many pedagogical claims exist regarding the benefits of using wiki. However, these claims have rarely been challenged. This study used a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Adult Education, Collaborative Writing, Writing Instruction
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Birkenholz, Robert J.; Maricle, Gary L. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1991
Responses from 44 of 53 state supervisors and 45 of 51 teacher educators found that (1) only one-fourth of U.S. school districts offer adult agricultural education; (2) only one-fourth of those programs have full-time teachers; and (3) there is significant variability among states in level, source, and recipients of funding for adult agricultural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Educational Finance
Torres, Robert M.; Ulmer, Jonathan D.; Aschenbrener, Mollie S. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2008
Teachers distribute their time in many ways. The study sought to determine how agriculture teachers distribute their time among 11 selected teacher activities (i.e., preparation for instruction; classroom/laboratory teaching; laboratory preparation and/or maintenance; grading/scoring students' work; administrative duties-program management;…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Faculty Workload, Teacher Responsibility, Agricultural Education