Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Completed Competitive Grant

Assessing the impact of instructors and students as transfer agents

Project ID: 1999-07

Abstract

This project followed up with high school agriculture teachers to see whether their students carried informational messages beyond the classroom. It also investigated whether the level of training the classroom instructor received on a particular topic had an impact on student retention and use of the message.

Lead investigator: Eldon Weber, ISU Agricultural Education and Studies

Year of grant completion: 2000

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Human systems, demographics and beginning farmer programs