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.
- Understanding Agriculture
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Executive Summary and Recommendations
- AGRICULTURAL LITERACY
- Principal Findings
- Principal Conclusions and Recommendations
- VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE
- Principal Findings
- Principal Conclusions and Recommendations
- 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
- FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 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
- 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
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