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Developing and Utilizing Needs Assessments to Enhance Farmer-Driven Extension Systems
(United States Agency for International Development, 2012-01-15)
The module concentrates on addressing professional development needs of individuals involved with farmer-driven extension systems by developing competencies in conducting needs assessments. Extension workers serving farmers ...
Utilizing Andragogy to DevelopExtension Employees' SustainableAgriculture Competencies
(2023-03-25)
Ensuring sustainable production patterns is one of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. Production of cotton requires some of the most intensive uses of pesticides and water resources of any major row crop in the ...
Evaluating Student Outcomes from a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Leadership Development Program
(2022-08-12)
The Dr. Joe Townsend Leadership Fellows Program focuses on developing students in five specific areas, developing self, developing others, organizational management skills, vision, and values. Evaluations should assess the ...
The Influence of a Social System on Students’ Understanding of Global Food Security
(North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, 2016-06-30)
According to literature, there will be a shortage of food for at least a billion people in 2050. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations indicated food security is a situation that exists when all ...
Integrating High-Impact Learning Experiences: Teaching Agricultural Leadership to Inmates at a Local Federal Prison
(North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, 2016-06-30)
Some institutions are experiencing an increased demand of the benefits they provide to the local community. Agricultural leadership education is available for those outside of college campuses and for incarcerated individuals. ...
Likert Versus Cronbach's Psychometric Thresholds: Reducing Error and Maximizing Agricultural Education's Scholarship Impacts
(American Association for Agricultural Education, 2023-04-28)
Instrumentation is a critical function in measuring social and behavioral science impacts on stakeholders, teachers, and change agents. Internal validity and reliability have long been considered social sciences’ quality ...
How Can Agricultural Education Scholars Compete with Other Fields h-index’s? Answer: Reporting Their Field Citation Ratios
(American Association for Agricultural Education, 2023-04-28)
Many academic departments now are faced with reporting their impact and the extent the impact aligns with the higher education system’s institutional goals. Small disciplinary communities, such as agricultural education, ...