Course Description
This course will provide pre-service agriculture teachers with the necessary skills to teach, manage, and maintain middle and/or high school agricultural education laboratories.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Students will be expected to develop an annotated bibliography
for each laboratory skill that is demonstrated. They will also
be required to summarize their research and to present findings
to all students in the course. Additionally, they will be asked
to design, conduct, and write lesson plans for experiments
using the agricultural education laboratory.
Athena Title
AG ED LAB METHODS
Undergraduate Prerequisite
AGED 4340/6340 and AGED 4350/6350 and AGED 4360/6360 and AGED 4010/6010
Graduate Prerequisite
AGED 4340/6340 and AGED 4350/6350 and AGED 4360/6360 and AGED 4010/6010
Undergraduate Corequisite
AGED 5460
Graduate Corequisite
AGED 7460
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to : 1. Manage agricultural education labs 2. Teach safety in the agricultural education laboratory 3. Teach using the agricultural education laboratory 4. Develop lesson plans for teaching in the agricultural education laboratory 5. Evaluate performance based learning in the agricultural education laboratory
Topical Outline
I. Introduction to the Agricultural Education Laboratory II. Types of Labs A. Welding F. Farm B. Construction G. Aquaculture C. Wiring H. Agriscience D. Small Engines I. Technology E. Greenhouses J. Leadership III. Safety in the laboratory IV. Teaching V. Facilities VI. Evaluation
Syllabus