Basic Principles for Agriculture and Agribusiness Education.

Overview & Synopsis

Seven statements are presented describing the basic principles undergirding agriculture and agribusiness education in Iowa. They define agricultural education broadly by its orientations toward (1) democratic participation, (2) pragmatic orientation and values development, (3) change through flexibility and continuity, (4) decision making through problem-solving, (5) experience centered instruction, (6) individual and social needs, (7) agricultural resource management, and (8) interrelationships of agriculture. Agribusiness is seen as part of the broad field of agriculture. A preface statement lists three functions to be performed by agricultural education: educating individuals for employment in the field of agriculture and agribusiness, avoactional agricultural coursework at all educational levels, and instruction in the significance of agriculture, food, and food production for all students. (Available separately is the final report of the project in which the principles were developed through the involvement of educators at all levels and specialists in agricultural education, educational philosophy, and curriculum development--CE 013 244.) (JT)