Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Meeting minutes are attached.

Objective one of our committee is to identify priority areas for multistate research. For the year being reported: Ed Osborne led a discussion on Research Capacity of the Agricultural Education Profession. The University of Florida conducted a survey of all Agricultural Education faculty at 1862 institutions. A question arose on the difference between scholarship and research. It appears that Agricultural Education is productive regarding scholarship, but may not have sufficient capacity at each institution to conduct focused research. Areas of research seemed to fall into five areas: " Impact of school-based Agricultural Education programs on student achievement in core subjects " Teaching and Learning Processes " Integration of science in school-based subjects " Youth/Leadership Development " Teacher Recruitment and Retention Matt Baker and Chris Townsend led a discussion on Developing an Agricultural Education Research Priority Framework. Reference was made to the Baker and Shinn paper presented at a previous NCA-24 meeting. After extended discussion, the committee proposed that the theory bases of Agricultural Education be categorized into the areas of: " Teaching and Learning Strategies " Leadership and Change Processes " Evaluation and Accountability " Professional Development " Communication Processes Ed Osborne reported on a proposal to identify research priorities for Agricultural Education. He distributed a funding proposal for a project to establish a National Research Agenda for Agricultural Education and Communication. Discussion followed. Committee members volunteered to describe priority research problem areas under the five theory bases. Discussion was held on putting together subcommittees to write proposals to form NCDC committees for developing regional research projects. Committee members Tormoehlen, Harper and Harris volunteered to write a proposal in the area of technology. Committee members Leising and Osborne (Jeff Miller and Duane Cartmell were suggested to provide additional assistance) volunteered to write a proposal in the area of crisis communication. In the area of leadership and change, committee members Fritz, Wardlow, and Townsend volunteered to write a proposal. A draft mission was proposed: The mission of NCA-24 is to promote and advise innovative multistate agricultural education research projects.