Teaching the Science and Technology of Agriculture and Its Resources to Urban Students

摘要

Cows, plows, and sows Cells, Dells, and gels Beakers, bytes, and broccoli Does Agricultural Education fulfill a need for urban secondary studentsTwenty-five years ago Understanding Agriculture: New Directions for Education (National Research Council, 1988) called for increasing the number of urban agricultural education programs. In 1991, Understanding Our Food, Agricultural and Natural ResourcesSystem: The Strategic Agricultural Education Planfor the State of Indiana (Agricultural Education Strategic Planning Committee, 1991) called for magnet schools in agricultural education. In Fall 1994, Indiana answered those calls with the first class of students in the Indianapolis-based STAR Academy (Science and Technology of Agriculture and Its Resources).