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Agriculture and the Undergraduate

Agriculture and the Undergraduate

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309046824
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309584272
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1992
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 293
  • DDC: 378
  • Language: English

This book presents efforts to chart the comprehensive changes needed to meet the challenges of undergraduate professional education in agriculture. The United States needs to invest in the future—in human capital and the scientific knowledge base—to revitalize one of its leading industries, the agricultural, food, and environmental system. That objective can be met by educating all students about agriculture as well as by educating others specifically for careers in agriculture.

Agriculture and the Undergraduate includes perspectives on rewarding excellence in teaching and formulating curricula to reflect cultural diversity, the environment, ecology, agribusiness and business, humanities and the social sciences, and the economic and global contexts of agriculture.

  • Agriculture and the Undergraduate
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Overview
    • RETHINKING THE PURPOSE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE
    • CONSTRAINTS TO INNOVATION
    • CHANGES IN CURRICULA
    • INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA
    • NEEDS IN EDUCATION
    • LIBERAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION
    • NEW CURRICULUM PRINCIPLES
    • PRECOLLEGE EDUCATION
    • SCIENTIFIC LITERACY
    • SYSTEMS
    • POSITIONING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE
    • IDEAS FOR CHANGE
    • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 1 Introduction
    • References
    • CHARLES E. HESS
      • Curriculum Issues
      • Faculty Development
      • Graduate Students
      • Internationalization of Curricula
      • Environmental Health Issues
      • Multicultural Diversity
      • Conclusion
    • Reference
    • KARL G. BRANDT
    • References
  • Part I Conference Papers
    • CHAPTER 2 Rethinking Undergraduate Professional Education for the Twenty-First Century:
      • THE AGENDA
      • THE SQUEEZE ON UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
      • THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
      • THE CHALLENGE TO UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
      • THE MODEL OF UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
        • What Are We Doing at the University of Minnesota?
      • CONCLUSION
      • Reference
    • CHAPTER 3 Rethinking Undergraduate Professional Education for the Twenty-First Century:
      • References
    • CHAPTER 4 The Challenges for Professional Education in Agriculture:
      • References
    • CHAPTER 5 The Environmental Curriculum:
      • WHAT TO BUILD ON
      • THE PROBLEM
      • THE SOLUTION
      • THE SOBER TASK
      • References
    • CHAPTER 6 Environment and Ecology: Greening the Curriculum
      • Reference
    • CHAPTER 7 The Inherent Value of the College Core Curriculum
      • References
    • CHAPTER 8 General Education and the New Curriculum
      • GENERAL AND LIBERAL EDUCATION
      • WHY GENERAL EDUCATION?
      • IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE-RELATED CURRICULA
      • CONCLUSION
      • References
    • CHAPTER 9 Agriculture: A System, a Science, or a Commodity?
      • WHAT IS AGRICULTURE?
      • ROLES OF COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE
      • CAN UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENTS BE ENHANCED IN COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE?
      • CHALLENGES FOR GRADUATES OF COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE
        • Change
        • Conflict
        • Communication
        • Cooperation
        • Competitiveness
        • Control
      • AGRICULTURE: AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM
      • References
    • CHAPTER 10 Educating a Culturally Diverse Professional Work Force for the Agricultural, Food, and Na...
      • DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EARLY INTERVENTION (PRE-HIGH SCHOOL) PROGRAMS
        • Special Skills Sessions
        • Saturday Academy
        • Motivational Sessions
      • HIGH SCHOOL INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
        • Adopt a High School
        • Minority Research Apprenticeship Program
        • Summer Scholars Program
        • Preparatory Summer Internships
        • Reevaluation of Entrance Requirements
        • High-Profile Recruitment and Marketing Initiatives
        • Reevaluation of Vocational Education Programs and Creation of More Agricultural High Schools
      • COLLEGE PROGRAMS
        • Relevant Curricula
        • Effective Mentoring Program
        • Financial Assistance
        • Liaison Relationships
      • POSTBACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS
      • CONCLUSION
      • References
    • CHAPTER 11 Scientific Literacy: The Enemy Is Us
      • References
    • CHAPTER 12 The Priority: Undergraduate Professional Education
      • References
    • CHAPTER 13 Positioning Undergraduate Professional Education as the Priority
    • CHAPTER 14 Science, Technology, and the Public
      • References
    • CHAPTER 15 A Challenge, a Charge, and a Commitment
      • Reference
  • Part II Conference Discussions
    • CHAPTER 16 Teaching and Research: Balance as an Imperative
      • WHERE ARE WE NOW?
      • FACTORS THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT EMPHASIS ON TEACHING
      • STEPS TO IMPROVE BALANCE
      • NEEDS FOR COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION
      • STRATEGIES FOR MANAGEMENT OF TIME
      • CONCLUSION
      • References
        • FIRST RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
      • INSTRUCTION
      • TEACHING AND REWARDS FOR TEACHING
        • SECOND RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
      • FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING
      • FACTORS THAT FAVOR AN EMPHASIS ON RESEARCH
      • STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE BALANCE
        • Dean's Perspective
          • Department Head's Perspective
          • Assistant Professor's Perspective
      • STRATEGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TIME
    • CHAPTER 17 Rewarding Excellence in Teaching: An Administrative Challenge
      • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 18 Integrating Agriculture into Precollege Education:
      • AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
      • LINKAGE WITH SCIENCE TEACHERS AND COURSES
      • THE CHANGING STUDENT PIPELINE
      • AGRICULTURAL LITERACY
      • CONCLUSION
      • References
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 19 Toward Integrative Thinking: A Teaching Challenge
      • CHARACTERISTICS OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
      • TRENDS IN INDUSTRY
      • GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
      • CHALLENGES TO ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
        • Science
        • Thought Process
        • Communications
      • CONCLUSION
      • Reference
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 20 Striving Toward Cultural Diversity
      • CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
      • CRITICAL THINKING VERSUS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
      • FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
      • COGNITIVE DIVERSITY
      • GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
      • ETHNIC STUDIES
      • THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS
      • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
      • References
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
      • References
    • CHAPTER 21 Designing an Environmentally Responsible Undergraduate Curriculum
      • GOALS: UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYTICAL SKILLS
      • MEANS
      • SUPPORT
      • References
      • APPENDIX SYLLABUS AND READINGS FOR THE COURSE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 22 Breaking Traditions in Curriculum Design
      • BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE
      • CURRICULUM CONTENT ISSUES
      • PROCESS ITEMS IN CURRICULUM REVISION
      • CONCLUSIONS
      • References
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
      • CONTEXT
      • PROCESS
      • CONTENT
      • CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING SUCCESS
      • KEY QUESTIONS
    • CHAPTER 23 Changing the Image of Agriculture Through Curriculum Innovation
      • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 24 Teaching Science as Inquiry
      • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 25 Emphasizing the Social Sciences and Humanities
      • THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CORE AND TARGETED EDUCATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
      • THE CONTENT OF TARGETED AREAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE HUMANITIES
      • BARRIERS TO EMPHASIZING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
      • OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE
        • Planning
        • Marketing
        • Transfer
        • Follow-Up
      • References
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 26 Teaching Agricultural Science as a System
      • DEFINITIONS
      • MODELS: MEANS OR ENDS?
      • APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
      • EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
      • AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE UNDER FIRE
      • SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY
      • BEYOND LECTURES AND EXPERT ADVICE
      • References
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 27 The Social and Ethical Context of Agriculture: Is It There and Can We Teach It?
      • References
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 28 The Economic Context of Agriculture
      • Reference
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
    • CHAPTER 29 The Global Context of Agriculture
      • References
        • RAPPORTEUR'S SUMMARY
      • INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE CURRICULUM
      • INTERNATIONALIZATION OF FACULTY
      • CONCLUSION
  • Appendixes
    • A Program Participants
    • B Poster Exhibits

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