E. Wayne Courtney papers, 1952-1997.

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E. Wayne Courtney papers, 1952-1997.

Series I contains a volume of genealogical information on the Courtney name and autobiographical information compiled by E. Wayne Courtney. Series II includes Courtney's Ph. D. thesis, "A Comparison of Knowledge and Experience Levels Required in Three Agricultural Occupations" (Purdue University, 1962); a copy of the 1966 Stout State (Wisc.) yearbook; and faculty reports on Courtney covering 1985-1990. Series IV contains various administrative reports written by Courtney between 1973 and 1989 pertaining to the OSU Vocational and Technical Education program. Series V consists of Courtney's consultant reports (1973-1996) for various organizations and governmental units, including a consortium of six Eastern Oregon counties, the Springfield Exemplary Career Education Project, Lane Community College, the Math/Science Teacher Improvement Project (M/STIP), and the Linn-Benton Health Consortium. Series VII includes statistical studies and surveys pertaining to industrial graphics, education, and bird populations of selected places in Wisconsin. Series VIII consists of materials prepared and published by Courtney for his classes and workshops, as well as other writings on education. Series IX includes Courtney's other writings, such as a history of the OSU Agricultural Education Department (1984), and various printings of his treatise on the Oregon coast, Under the winds of Yaquina, and The Indians of Yaquina Bay.

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Oregon State College. Dept. of Agricultural Education

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Oregon State University. School of Agriculture

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Oregon State University. School of Education

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Teacher education at OSU began in 1909 under the direction of the Department of Industrial Pedagogy. By 1918, OSU was designated by the State Board of Vocational Education to prepare teachers in vocational subjects. In 1932, an administrative reorganization expanded the School of Education to include preparing students to teach in the Biological and Physical Sciences, Agriculture, Mathematics, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Secretarial Science, or for educational and vocational guidance. Expan...

Courtney, Elwood Wayne, 1931-

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E. Wayne Courtney earned four degrees from Purdue University: B.S., Forestry, 1953; B.S., Agriculture, 1957; M.S., Agricultural Education, 1958; Ph. D., Measurement, 1962. Courtney did postdoctorate work in statistics at Oregon State University in 1968. Courtney was appointed assistant professor in the Stout State University (Wisconsin) School of Education in 1962. In 1972, he became Professor and Director of Research and Development in OSU's Division of Vocational, Adult, and Community College ...