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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Mixdorf, Jon     Subjects     Agriculture -- Effect of education on     Family farms -- Economic aspects     MSEM Thesis.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mixdorf, Jon       by title:      Entrepreneurial agri...         MARC Display

Entrepreneurial agricultural management: a case study of farm service agency borrowers educational needs for at-risk farmers / by Jon Mixdorf. by Mixdorf, Jon Subjects Agriculture -- Effect of education on   Family farms -- Economic aspects   MSEM Thesis. Description:  87 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Contents:  Advisor: David Tietyen. Committee members: Kimbel Nap, Dr. Bruce Thompson. Introduction -- Thesis survey -- Curriculum development -- Identification of instructional goals -- Accounting goals -- Finanacial ratio goals -- Decision making goals -- Commodity market goals -- Identifying entry behaviors and characteristics -- Conducting the instructional analysis -- Performance objectives -- Develop evaluation methods -- Develop and select instructional materials -- Designing and conducting formative evaluations -- Revising instructional materials -- Use of instructional materials and strategies -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Survey design criteria B: Farm management curriculum survey C: Survey results and educational implications D: Instructional materials. The traditional family farm is being financially challenged by rapidly emerging corporate farming, resulting in many family farmers becoming dependent on the government for financing. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA) is responsible for issuing non-standard loans to farm borrowers unable to obtain credit through commercial banks. The borrowers are required to attend 33 hours of management training to qualify for the loans. The problem facing the management educators and the subject of the thesis is how best to utilize the mandatory training to reach optimum training success and, in turn, success in farm management. After identifying the problem, the second step was to gather information as to the specialized educational needs of the target learners. The FSA approved a survey directed to the 41 FSA Loan Officers who service the borrowers in Iowa. Upon completion of the survey, the results were shared with educators familiar with FSA borrowers and agricultural managerial education. The solution to the problem identified in the thesis involves applying the systematic design of instruction model developed by Walter Dick and Lou Carey as the paradigm for creating the FSA curriculum. The first step in the instructional curriculum was to identify the instructional goals based on the survey results and expert evaluation. The survey data provided information necessary to evaluate learner entry characteristics. Performance objectives and instructional analysis were also prepared in accordance with the instructional model using survey data. The survey was used to provide direction and analysis in all phases of the instructional development model. The need for instructional material specifically prepared for the target audience was revealed through the survey process and expert evaluation. A set of instructional materials specifically designed for the target group is included in the thesis appendix. web address:  https://msoe.tind.io/record/909   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .M62 1998 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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