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Join us in AGSC 405 to explore the dynamics of agricultural education, student engagement through FFA activities, and planning SAE projects. Learn to excel in building comprehensive agricultural science programs.
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Class #1 AGSC 405Facilitating Complete Secondary Agricultural Science Programs Dr. John Rayfield Mr. Josh Shafer
Introductions • Who are we? • Autograph session
Objectives for the day • Describe the relationship between classroom instruction, FFA, and SAE • Understand how to be successful in AGSC 405 • Meet your learning community • Take pictures
Agricultural Education & Experiential Learning • Historically focused on learning from experience Learning to do Doing to learn Earning to live Living to serve • Supervised agricultural experience
3 Components of a complete agricultural science program • FFA Classroom Instruction SAE
AGSC 405 Broad Areas • Program Planning • How to plan a complete agricultural science program • Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) • How plan and advise student SAE projects • FFA • How to plan and advise FFA activities
Texts • Talbert, B.A., Vaughn, R., Croom, D.B. & Lee, J.S. (2007). Foundations of agricultural education. Catlin, IL: PEP.(order online) • Official FFA Manual (Order from National FFA)
Web Site • Important information you’ll need throughout the semester is available on the course web site • http://www.aged.tamu.edu/classes/405/agsc405_index.htm
Learning Communities • Used to subdivide class into smaller groups • Same group for entire semester • Listed on Course Web Sitehttp://www.aged.tamu.edu/classes/405/agsc_405Learning_Communities.htm • Break into your learning communities • Introduce yourselves
Pictures • Helps us (as teachers) quickly learn names and faces. • By learning community, we’ll take pictures as you leave.
Objectives for the day • Describe the relationship between classroom instruction, FFA, and SAE • Understand how to be successful in AGSC 405 • Meet your learning community • Take pictures • Questions???