Proceedings, Regional Seminar and Research Conference in Agricultural Education (Ithaca, November 8-10, 1967).

Overview & Synopsis

Significant speeches, current research activities, and minutes of business meetings are reported for the conference attended by 74 participants and guests from 12 states and the U.S. Office of Education. Major presentations were: (1) "Whither Vocational and Technical Education, (2) "Department Position Paper on Vocational Education," (3) "Evaluative Criteria in Agricultural Education," (4) "Evaluation in Ornamental Horticulture," (5) "Instructional Areas in Agricultural Education," (6) "Reporting Agricultural Programs," (7) "Sociological Implications of Professionalism, Unionism, and Bureaucracy as Occupational Environments," (8) " A National Study of Employment Opportunities and Training Needs in Farming and Off-Farm Agricultural Business and Industry," (9) "Abstracts of Studies in Agricultural Education, 1966-67," (10) "Agricultural Education Research in 1966," (11) "Automatic Controls in Agriculture," (12) "A Plan to Meet the Vocational Education Needs of Citizens of a Low Income Community Applachia," (13) "Educational Innovations Among Experienced Teachers of Agriculture in North Carolina," (14) "Development and Evaluation of Occupational Information in Agriculture," and (15) "The System of Agricultural Education in Yugoslavia and Its Effect on Agricultural Manpower Development." Summaries of three symposia are also included. (DM)