Handbook on Agricultural Education in Public Schools

The Handbook on Agricultural Education is the leading text for college students enrolled in agricultural education programs, and it is now available in its 6th edition. This new edition addresses all components of effective middle school and high school agricultural education programs within the context of national educational policies and trends in schooling. Sound philosophical perspectives, research-based practices, and application scenarios are offered throughout. This text emphasizes contemporary approaches for developing and delivering agricultural education programs, with detailed focus on strategies for enhancing learning in the core subjects, experiential learning, laboratory instruction, and problem solving. It is designed as the perfect reference for university students who are preparing to become agriculture educators in public schools, and emphasizes inquiry-based, problem solving, and experiential learning strategies for teaching and learning in agricultural education. There are photos and illustrations throughout that help clarify the key concepts, and new to this edition are chapters addressing youth leadership development and supervised experience programs. This established book functions as an ideal text as well as a professional reference.