Integrating math and science into agriculture

摘要

In 1988, the National Research Council recommended that all students needed a basic understanding of math and science concepts and that teaching math and science through agriculture was an effective approach to student learning (National Research Council, 1998). The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recommended that students learn better through real world connections such as problem solving or work-related activities (1992). Agriculture programs are being closed across thecountry in face of increasing demand of accountability and standards regarding student achievement in math, science and other core competencies. Additional "seat time" is not the answer to student academic achievement. Instead, agriculture educators mustpromote the strength of the integrated model of agricultural education. Simply, agricultural education provides not only the context, but the content for students to be successful in math and science.