Project Based Learning: Initiating Food Science at the Secondary Level with Industry Input

摘要

Project based learning is not a new idea in agricultural education but as a current buzz word it has gained traction into mainstream education. Learning to do and doing to learn have been the mantra of educators about agriculture since its inception.As educators have gained new skills in and outside the classroom and with a renewed interest in where our food comes from and how it affects us, understanding and teaching through project based learning should be utilized by present teachers in today's agricultural education classrooms.