Identifying Technical Content Training Needs of Georgia Agriculture Teachers

Joerger (2002)emphasized the need for appropriate and timely pre-service and in- service activities for agriculture teachers to ensure that they are properly equipped to contend with changing conditions in agriculture education. The Committee on Agricultural Education in Secondary Schools Board on Agriculture of theNational Research Council (1988)stated “...in-service education programs must be revised and expanded to develop more competent teachers... in and about agriculture” (p. 7). While researchers can agree that appropriate pre-service and in-service training need to be provided to teachers, it is much more difficult to identify what trainings are most appropriate and most needed.