Dr. Jim Flowers Department Head Department of Agricultural and Extension Education

Office Address:
218 Ricks Hall
Box 7607, NCSU
Raleigh, NC  27695-7607
Office phone: (919) 515-1758
Fax: (919) 515-1965
E-Mail: jim_flowers@ncsu.edu

Education

B.S. in Agricultural Education, University of Tennessee at Martin
M.A. in Agricultural Education, Western Kentucky University
Ph.D. in Agricultural Education, University of Illinois

Current Courses Taught

AEE 101, Introduction to Career and Technical Education
AEE 427, Student Teaching in Agriculture
AEE 579, Research Design in Agricultural and Extension Education

Research Interests

Instructional Methodology- Problem Solving Instruction
Improvement of Career and Technical Education Teacher Preparation Programs

Awards and Recognitions (selected)

• Senior Fellow, American Association for Agricultural Education, 2009
• Distinguished Lecturer, Southern Region of American Association for Agricultural Education, 2006
• Outstanding Agricultural Educator, Southern Region, American Association for Agricultural Education, 2005
• National President, American Association for Agricultural Education, 2001
• National Secretary, American Association for Agricultural Education, 1997-1998
• Editing Managing Board, Journal of Agricultural Education, 2011-2013
• Association for Career and Technical Education, 1973 – present; Vice President of the Agricultural Education Division & Board of Directors, 2012-2014.
• Outstanding Graduate Student Research Paper (co-authored with Jodi Reidel, Elizabeth Wilson, and Gary Moore), Southern Agricultural Education Research Conference, 2007, Mobile, Alabama.
• Outstanding Research Paper, American Vocational Education Research Association, 2000
• Outstanding Poster Presentation, First Runner-Up, American Association for Agricultural Education, 1997
• National Association for Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Teaching Fellow, 1994
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Southern Region, American Association for Agricultural Education, 1994
• Outstanding Young Member Award, American Association for Agricultural Education, 1992
• Outstanding Research Paper, American Vocational Education Research Association, 1992
• National Membership Secretary, American Vocational Education Research Association, 1990-91
• Honorary American FFA Degree, 1990
• AATEA Journal Author of the Year, 1st Runner-Up, Volume 29 - American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1988
• William E. Nagel Leadership in Vocational Education Award - University of Illinois, 1987
• Honorary State FFA Degree, North Carolina, 1988 and Tennessee, 1982

Recent Publications

BOOK CHAPTERS

Flowers, J.L. & Martin, D.R.  (2010). Teacher certification:  Traditional and Alternative Approaches,  Preparing and Advancing Teachers in Agricultural Education, 247-255, Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Curriculum Materials Service.

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS (Total:  37 Journal Articles; 54 Research Paper Presentations)

Curry, K., Wilson, E.B., Flowers, J.L, & Farin, C.  (2012).  Scientific Basis vs. Contextualized Teaching and Learning:  The Effects on Achievement of Postsecondary Students, Journal of Agricultural Education, (in press)

Murray, K.A., Flowers, J.L., Croom, D.B., & Wilson, E.B. (2011).  The Agricultural Teacher’s Struggle for Balance Between Career and Family, Journal of Agricultural Education, 52(2), doi: 10.5032/jae.2011.2107.

Beck, C.H., Rayfield, J.S., Flowers, J.L. & Jones, D.W. (2010), Assessing Ground Safety Knowledge of North Carolina 4-H Horse Program Participants, Journal of Extension, 48(3), http://www.joe.org/joe/2010june/rb5.php

Reidel, J.S., Wilson, E.B., Flowers, J.L. & Moore, G.E. (2007).  Effects Of An Introductory Agricultural Education Course On Agricultural Literacy And Perceptions Of Agriculture In Urban Students, Southern Journal of Agricultural Education Research,  57(1), 82-94.

Conoley, J.W., Croom, D.B., Moore, G.E., & Flowers, J.L.  (2007).  Using Electronic Audience Response Systems in High School Agriscience Courses, Journal of Agricultural Education, 48(3), 67-77.

Conoley, J., Moore, G., Croom, B. & Flowers, J. (2006) A toy or a teaching tool? The use of audience-response systems in the classroom. Techniques, 81,(7), 46-48.

Stewart, R.M., Moore, G.E., & Flowers, J.L.  (2004).  Emerging Educational and Agricultural Trends and Their Impact on the Secondary Agricultural Education Program, Journal of Vocational Education Research, 29 (1), 53-66.

Wilson, E.B., Flowers, J.L., Croom, D.B., & Moore, G.E. (2004). Evaluating a Pre-Service Agricultural Education Program Using Outcomes-Based Assessments,” NACTA Journal,48(3), 19-24.

Wilson, E.B. and Flowers, J.L. (2002).  Secondary Educators’ Confidence in Teaching Agricultural Biotechnology After Training, Journal of Natural Resource and Life Science Education, 31(1), 131-135.

Wilson, E.B., Kirby, B.M., & Flowers, J.L.  (2002).  Factors Influencing the Intent of North Carolina Agricultural Educators to Adopt Agricultural Biotechnology Curriculum, Journal of Agricultural Education, 43(1), 69-81.

Croom, D.B. & Flowers, J.L.  (2001).  Factors Influencing an Agricultural Education Student’s Perception of the FFA Organization, Journal of Agricultural Education, 42(2), 28-37.

Croom, D.B. & Flowers, J.L.  (2001).  A Question of Relevance:  FFA Programs and Services as Perceived by FFA Members and Non-Members,” Journal of Southern Agricultural Education Research (electronic journal), www.aged.tamu.edu/Conferences/Proceedings/index.html.

Flowers, J.L.  (2000).  High Schools That Work and Tech Prep:  Improving Student Performance in Basic Skills, Journal of Vocational Education Research, 25(3), 333-345.

Roberson, D.R., Flowers, J.L., & Moore, G.E. (2000).  The Status of Integration of Academic and Agricultural Education in North Carolina,  Journal of Career and Technical Education, 17(1), http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JCTE/v17n1/index.html.

Flowers, J.L. (2000).  Inservice and Professional Development Needs of North Carolina Career and Technical Education Teachers, North Carolina Journal of Teacher Education, 11(1), 44-59.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Dr. Flowers grew up on a farm in western Tennessee, near Kentucky Lake.  The farming operation consisted on beef cattle, horses, and hay production.  He was active in FFA in high school, where he served as a chapter FFA officer for four years and competed in numerous district and regional contests.  He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a degree in Agricultural Education, where he was a founding member of the Alpha Zeta chapter.  He was married to the former Peggy Tyree, also a UTM student, in 1971.  After graduating from UTM in 1973, he and Peggy, moved to Portland, Tennessee where he began his career as an agriculture teacher.  He earned his master’s degree from Western Kentucky University while he was teaching agriculture at Portland High School.

After ten years as a high school agriculture teacher, he moved to Champaign, IL, to enroll in the University of Illinois, where he earned his Ph.D.  In 1986 he accepted a position at North Carolina State University as an assistant professor of Agricultural Education.  In July, 2001, he was promoted to the rank of full professor and was appointed as department head in October of that same year.  In addition to his teaching responsibilities at NC State University, he has served as both the undergraduate coordinator and the director of graduate programs for the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, and the Academic Programs Team Leader for the department. He has served on various university, college, and departmental committees, including serving two terms as Chair of the University level Undergraduate Admissions Committee.

Dr. Flowers and his wife, Peggy, have three children and seven grandchildren.