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Understanding agriculture : new directions for education / Committee on Agricultural Education in Secondary Schools, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural education--United States.
- Agricultural education.
- Vocational education--United States.
- Vocational education.
- Education and state--United States.
- Education and state.
- Curriculum planning--United States.
- Curriculum planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (79 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book responds to the widespread recognition among experts that our educational system needs to change in order to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to ensure the future vitality of U.S. agriculture. Understanding Agriculture focuses on agricultural literacy (education "about" agriculture) and vocational agricultural education (education "in" agriculture). The section on agricultural literacy addresses the teaching of science through agriculture, teacher education and training, model educational programs, community support, and agricultural career exploration programs. Vocational agricultural education is examined in terms of program enrollment, availability and content, supervised occupational experiences, the Future Farmers of America program, and teacher education and supply.
- Contents:
- Understanding Agriculture
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Executive Summary and Recommendations
- AGRICULTURAL LITERACY
- Principal Findings
- Principal Conclusions and Recommendations
- VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE
- EDUCATION ABOUT AND IN AGRICULTURE
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- 2 Agricultural Literacy
- FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Education about Agriculture
- Teaching Science through Agriculture
- Teacher Education and Training
- Model programs
- Community Involvement
- Agricultural Career Exploration Programs
- 3 Vocational Agriculture Education
- Program Enrollment and Availability
- Enrollment
- Availability
- Minority Enrollments
- Program Content
- The Current Curriculum
- Uneven Quality
- Improving Quality
- Model Programs
- Educational Technology
- Supervised Occupational Experiences
- Future Farmers of America
- Teacher Education
- Text References
- Appendix A: The Changing Face of American Agriculture
- STRUCTURAL AND POLICY CHANGES
- Appendix B: Agricultural Education in America
- THE EARLY GROWTH YEARS
- Appendix C: The Education Reform Movement of the 1980s
- Appendix References
- Index
- Recent Publications of the Board of Agriculture
- POLICY AND RESOURCES
- NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS SERIES AND RELATED TITLES.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610214631
- 9781280214639
- 1280214635
- 9780309582025
- 0309582024
- 9780585022123
- 0585022127
- OCLC:
- 70772841
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