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urge all agricultural teachers in China to spare no pains to try 

 to work out the most effective method the method that both 

 interests the pupils and gives him a real grip of the subject. 



C. Types of Leadership Needed 



Those of us constantly engaged in education are inclined to 

 discuss subject matter, courses, grades, methods, without due 

 regard to the ends for which these devices are obviously but 

 means. The idea of " job-analysis/' now coming into vogue in 

 certain realms of vocational education, has a suggestion for the 

 agriculturist. The discussion just concluded contains certain 

 recommendations as to type of school and grade of work. It is 

 quite possible that experience, or even fuller enquiry, would 

 lead to radical modifications of plan. It is well, therefore, if 

 we keep in mind the sort of people we desire our educational 

 machine to produce. We can then test the process by the 

 product. We need to reckon of course with the "raw material" 

 that we have to take as it comes. We can, nevertheless, set 

 up our ideal in terms of the personalities we would like to see 

 coming from our hands and taking places of leadership and 

 service. A list of the main groups of leaders needed may help 

 us better to measure and weigh the institutions and courses 

 designed to prepare for leadership. 



1. Agricultural specialists in the colleges and schools* 

 These men are chiefly teachers and investigators. They are 

 specialists as to subject matter. As investigators they furnish 

 the material upon which leadership training rests. As teachers 

 they both impart knowledge and exert personal influence over 

 those in training. Eventually, every aspect of the rural problem 

 will have its specialists. 



2. Administrative experts. As governmental institutions 

 develop and as voluntary associations are formed, there will be 

 increasing call for men properly trained for administrative 

 work. Such men must know agriculture, and beyond that the 

 farm people. But they are essentially organizers and executives. 



3. Extension workers. The extension teacher is a specialist 

 but he needs peculiar qualifications and can be given special 

 training. He must be skilful in impressing or "driving home " 

 an important fact. His knowledge of the art of farming must 

 be sufficient to enable him to show to the farmer the better 

 method. 



