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AAI9702685 (UMI)AAI9702685 Osborne, Edward W. Thompson, Dennis Ray 2011-05-07T12:15:54Z 2011-05-07T12:15:54Z 10000-01-01 1996 A dichotomy was found to exist between how pesticide applicators have perceived issues related to agricultural chemical use and what applicators have believed to be true about perceptions held by the public on similar issues. Stakeholders having rural orientations were perceived to be more inclined to be supportive of the use of chemicals in the production of agricultural commodities than were those having an urban orientation. The results of eight qualitative focus group interviews, comprised of fifty-two private and commercial pesticide applicators and public officials in Illinois were conducted and studied. The analysis was set within a framework of a perception variables model developed by the researcher. The model dealt with source, message, and audience factor independent variables and certain internal mediating processes all associated with attitudinal change. Implications of the findings for pesticide applicator training programs in Illinois were that specific: (a) modifications to the existing program, (b) introductions of new teaching methodologies, (c) expansion of subject matter content areas, and (d) increased opportunities for inclusion of the public sector in program planning will lead to improved programs. Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:15:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9702685.pdf: 7579422 bytes, checksum: fe23bac67e4399f335001fec86687ed9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1996 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:38:52Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:16:16-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only 9780591089516 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19704 eng Copyright 1996 Thompson, Dennis Ray Agriculture, Agronomy Education, Adult and Continuing Education, Agricultural Environmental Sciences Identifying perceptions associated with agricultural chemical use: Implications for pesticide applicator training programs in Illinois text Education Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.