The purpose of this study was to describe the attitudes of Illinois secondary agriscience students and their parents toward the agricultural industry and educational programs in agriculture. Students were sampled based upon enrollment in science applications in agriculture courses. A corresponding number of parents was also selected (one parent per student). Results indicated that approximately...

objective: today people are aware of the important role of agriculture as a vital source in their life. development in agriculture and making healthy food for human, needs trained man. vocational schools and agricultural training centers provided the first stage for arriving at this purpose. one of the reasons for the weak influence of agricultural training centers in creating occupational oppo...

From radical positions it is argued that it will take paradigmatic transformations to develop a sustainable agriculture and that values and attitudes have to be changed. To find out if teachers and students in higher agricultural education are motivated for radical changes a survey based on the Alternative-Conventional Agriculture Paradigm Scale (ACAP-scale) was conducted. The ACAP-scale shows ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of nutrition-sensitive agriculture competencies of graduating midlevel animal and plant sciences students in Ethiopia and identify factors associated with the attainment of competencies. DESIGN A cross-sectional study design using structured skills observation checklists, objective written questions, and structured questionnaires was employed. SETTING Two agric...

AIM To investigate how students in Croatia perceive causes of poverty and to examine the differences in attributions of poverty between students of social work, economics, and agriculture. METHODS The study included 365 participants, students of social work (n=143), economics (n=137), and agriculture (n=82). We used the newly developed Attribution of Poverty Scale, consisting of 4 factors, as...

Objective: Today people are aware of the important role of agriculture as a vital source in their life. Development in agriculture and making healthy food for human, needs trained man. Vocational schools and agricultural training centers provided the first stage for arriving at this purpose. One of the reasons for the weak influence of agricultural training centers in creating occupational oppo...

Ensuring an adequate and safe food supply for a rapidly expanding world population, succeeding in a global economy, and maintaining our planet’s natural resources and biodiversity are some of the challenges that are being met by graduates from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Our students apply knowledge to solve problems as scientists, business leaders, engineers, educators, physi...

Objective: Today people are aware of the important role of agriculture as a vital source in their life. Development in agriculture and making healthy food for human, needs trained man. Vocational schools and agricultural training centers provided the first stage for arriving at this purpose. One of the reasons for the weak influence of agricultural training centers in creating occupational oppo...

OBJECTIVE Develop and test a farm health and injury prevention educational intervention for high school agriculture students. SETTING Twenty one high schools in Kentucky, Iowa, and Mississippi. METHODS A quasiexperimental crossover design was used to test the effectiveness of two sets of instructional materials designed through participatory action research with agriculture teachers and stu...

in order to produce agricultural products, modern techniques are being used in agriculture sector. to respond to the changes effectively, students should prepare themselves applying practical trainings. the aim of this descriptive study was to analyze students’ expectations and demands regarding agricultural operations course in the faculty of agriculture, zanjan university. 114 students were s...