A Study of Core Journals Used by Agricultural and Extension Educators.

Autor/in	Radhakrishna, Rama B.
Titel	A Study of Core Journals Used by Agricultural and Extension Educators.
Quelle	(1994), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adult Education; Agricultural Education; Content Analysis; Extension Education; Higher Education; Information Sources; Information Utilization; Scholarly Communication; Scholarly Journals; Secondary Education; Vocational Education; Vocational Education Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Agriculture; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Inhaltsanalyse; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Information source; Informationsquelle; Informationsnutzung; Sekundarbereich; Berufsbildung; Ausbilder
Abstract	A research study had three objectives: to identify the core journals in the agricultural and extension education discipline, determine the importance of journals as a medium of scholarly communication in agricultural and extension education, and determine the subject matter areas published in the field's "core" journal, the "Journal of Agricultural Education" (JAE). A systematic sampling of 162 articles appearing in 19 issues of JAE during the even years of the decade of the 1980s was examined to accomplish the study objectives. Eleven journals accounting for 51% of the total citations in JAE were identified as core journals of the agricultural/extension education field. Because journals were cited in JAE more frequently than books, bulletins/reports, dissertations/theses, magazines, or papers/proceedings, they were considered to be the field's most important medium of scholarly communication. The following were the most frequently covered topics: secondary agricultural education (13.5%), youth/youth development (9.7%), experiential learning (9.7%), teaching methods (9.2%), issues related to agricultural instructors (9.2%), adult and postsecondary education (8%), learning theory) (6%), and program development/curriculum (5%). It was recommended that agricultural/extension educators broaden their scope to include other subject matter areas such as extension, international agriculture, special needs, elementary agricultural education, and critical thinking. (Contains 19 references.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01