Implementation of Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs: The agriculture teachers’ perspective

Outcomes of Changing Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs

Experiential learning has been an integral component of secondary agricultural education since the beginning of the program. The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 has been cited as landmark legislation which established vocational agriculture programs in public secondary schools in the United States. This legislation contained language which required that students have “directed or supervised practice i...

The Relationship Between North Carolina Secondary Agriculture Teachers' Use of Time Management Practices and the Quality of the Supervised Agricultural Experience Program Component

Experience plays an important role in properly preparing agriculture students, but without supervision, the experience may do more harm than good. If the practice is incorrect, then the performance is likely to be incorrect (Binkiey & Tulloch, 1981). While this may be stating the obvious, this is the model that has been successfully used in agricultural education from its beginning. The basic p...

The Role of Experience in EFL Teachers' Satisfaction of the In-service Teacher Education Programs

The short-term in-service EFL teacher education programs are assumed to be of crucial importance in upgrading teachers' methodologies and gearing their teaching more closely to the students' needs. Therefore, a dynamic in-service program for EFL teachers is needed to keep abreast of the time.The present study aims to investigate the role of experience in EFL teachers' satisfaction of the in-ser...

Strategic Faults in Implementation of Hospital Accreditation Programs in Developing Countries: Reflections on the Iranian Experience

Establishment of hospital accreditation programs is increasingly growing across numerous developing nations. Such initiatives aim to improve quality of care. However, such establishments, mainly incentivized by successful and famous accreditation plans in developed countries, usually suffer from lack of necessary arrangements which, in turn, result in undesired consequences. Indeed, the first p...

Factors Limiting Vocational Agriculture Student Participation in Supervised Occupational Experience Programs in Nebraska