Advocating aguaculture education for scientific literacy

摘要

The placement of aquaculture education in the science curriculum is a powerful approach to learning science while maintaining a career focus. Vocational aquaculture programs are highly successful in motivating students to learn science, math, and technology (Conroy & Walker, 2000; Wingenbach, Gartin, & Lawrence, 1999). Historically, the separation of vocational agriculture from academic science programming has separated applied science from pure science. Many students in rural areas had difficulty in finding relevance in pure science courses, often opting out of these courses. These students found application and purpose for vocational course work.