Integrating Science Instruction into Pre-Service Teacher Education

摘要

In a recent speech to the American Association for Agricultural Education, Dr. Kirby Barrick clarified a recommendation from Understanding Agriculture: New Directions for Education (1988). Dr. Barrick stated, we were not to teach agriculture as a science, but to emphasize the science in agriculture. Organizations like the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences recommend schools should be connecting what students are learning in the classroom to the working world (American Association for Advancement of Science, 1993). Programs like agricultural education have an avenue to complete that connection. The Carl D. Perkins Education Act (109lh U.S. Congress, 2006) directs career and technical programs to teach students with content that aligns with core academic standards.