Handbook on agricultural education in public schools
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| Language: | English |
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Clifton Park, NY :
Thomson Delmar Learning ,
c2008
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Table of Contents:
- Philosophy and scope of school-based agricultural education
- Development of school-based agricultural education
- Agricultural education through cooperative extension
- Agricultural education provided by industry, community, and governmental agencies
- Using advisory councils and support groups
- Planning and managing educational programs
- Planning courses of study
- Developing and improving facilities and resources
- Establishing and maintaining positive community and professional relationships
- Promoting and marketing the program
- Evaluating agricultural education programs
- Theoretical foundations of effective teaching
- Effective teacher behaviors and characteristics
- Teaching methods and strategies
- Problem-solving teaching in agricultural education
- Planning for instruction
- Assessing student learning
- Using computers and instructional media
- Teaching in laboratory settings
- Teaching agriscience
- Meeting the diverse needs of all learners
- Teacher professional growth and improvement
- Fundamentals of personal leadership development
- The FFA as a youth leadership development tool
- FFA chapter development and advisement
- Overview of supervised agricultural experience programs
- Developing and expanding SAE programs
- Supervising and evaluating SAE programs
- Agricultural education at the postsecondary level
- Examining the nature of adult education in agriculture
- Teaching adults