New trends in the agriculture curriculum

摘要

There is no doubt that the agricultural industry has changed in the last 20 years, and Agricultural Education has followed suit. Our curriculum has adopted the scientific principles that have become common in production agriculture. In the early 1990's, the push was towards agri-science instruction. High school agriculture programs were building greenhouses and agri-science fairs were taking shape. We certainly have expanded the definition of agriculture to include many peripheral careers. Some saythat we have lost touch with the foundation of our industry, livestock and crop production, while we implemented a new diverse curriculum. Yes, we cannot teach biotechnology without first teaching plant and animal reproduction, however, after we teach these foundation curriculum units, I say "Onward and Upward!"