Don Edgar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3841075 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Don Edgar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Don |
| FAMILY NAME | Edgar |
| SIGNATURE | EDGAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Institute of Family Studies |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-2377-445X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Serving a Diverse Population
We examined gender and racial parity in agricultural education enrollment and engagement among 230,228 students representing 1245 secondary-level agricultural education programs in nine U.S. states. Guided by the Representative Bureaucracy Theory, we evaluated agricultural education demographic enrollment and compared it to the demographics of the school that each program served to assess gender and racial representation differences. We also anal…
Agricultural Leadership Development Program Participant Personality and Demographic Characteristics
Although personality has been widely studied within the academic literature, there has been little research into the relationship between personality and leadership development programs, particularly within an agricultural context for adult learners. The purpose of this research was to investigate the nature of relationships among ten aspects of the Big Five personality factors and demographic characteristics including: gender, age, organizationa…
Learning Theories and Historical Events Affecting Instructional Design in Education
How learning occurs has been a question pondered by the masses since formal education began thousands of years ago. Understanding the process has included many paradigm shifts in thought and practice. A thorough look at one major paradigm shift occurred in the past century, which has led to a plethora of ideas when identifying best practices to encourage learning. A look into this transformation will exact a better understanding of learning and h…
Family Studies in Australiaxbitm
As in most countries, the study of families in Australia runs the gamut from theoretical analyses to applied and evaluative research. Lacking the strong influence of home economics that is prevalent in American agricultural universities and the strong private philanthropy which funds much of family research in other societies, Australian family research has had strong links with governmental social policies and programs. This paper reviews the de…
Fighting for Survival of a Statutory Authority
Social Change in Australia
Family Studies in Australiaxbitm
As in most countries, the study of families in Australia runs the gamut from theoretical analyses to applied and evaluative research. Lacking the strong influence of home economics that is prevalent in American agricultural universities and the strong private philanthropy which funds much of family research in other societies, Australian family research has had strong links with governmental social policies and programs. This paper reviews the de…
Social Change in Australia
Fighting for Survival of a Statutory Authority
Family Studies in Australiaxbitm
As in most countries, the study of families in Australia runs the gamut from theoretical analyses to applied and evaluative research. Lacking the strong influence of home economics that is prevalent in American agricultural universities and the strong private philanthropy which funds much of family research in other societies, Australian family research has had strong links with governmental social policies and programs. This paper reviews the de…
Learning Theories and Historical Events Affecting Instructional Design in Education
How learning occurs has been a question pondered by the masses since formal education began thousands of years ago. Understanding the process has included many paradigm shifts in thought and practice. A thorough look at one major paradigm shift occurred in the past century, which has led to a plethora of ideas when identifying best practices to encourage learning. A look into this transformation will exact a better understanding of learning and h…
Agricultural Leadership Development Program Participant Personality and Demographic Characteristics
Although personality has been widely studied within the academic literature, there has been little research into the relationship between personality and leadership development programs, particularly within an agricultural context for adult learners. The purpose of this research was to investigate the nature of relationships among ten aspects of the Big Five personality factors and demographic characteristics including: gender, age, organizationa…
Serving a Diverse Population
We examined gender and racial parity in agricultural education enrollment and engagement among 230,228 students representing 1245 secondary-level agricultural education programs in nine U.S. states. Guided by the Representative Bureaucracy Theory, we evaluated agricultural education demographic enrollment and compared it to the demographics of the school that each program served to assess gender and racial representation differences. We also anal…
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Rural development and sustainability (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Administration (probate law (1 work)