Understanding Agriculture

Understanding Agriculture
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1988-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This book responds to the widespread recognition among experts that our educational system needs to change in order to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to ensure the future vitality of U.S. agriculture. Understanding Agriculture focuses on agricultural literacy (education about agriculture) and vocational agricultural education (education in agriculture). The section on agricultural literacy addresses the teaching of science through agriculture, teacher education and training, model educational programs, community support, and agricultural career exploration programs. Vocational agricultural education is examined in terms of program enrollment, availability and content, supervised occupational experiences, the Future Farmers of America program, and teacher education and supply.

New Models for Technical and Vocational Education and Training

New Models for Technical and Vocational Education and Training
Author: Makgato, Moses
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-12-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1799826082

Technical and vocational education and training at technical schools are major contributing factors in combating poverty, unemployment, and inequality. The primary purpose of technical and vocational education and training is to prepare students and learners for the world of work and for a smooth transition from education institutions into the workplace. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution continues to create more radical changes in the labor market, experts are calling for a reform of education, including vocational education and training and adult and professional education. New Models for Technical and Vocational Education and Training is an essential scholarly research book that examines TVET and CET colleges and programs that provide intermediate skills to enhance students’ chances of employability and entrepreneurship in Industry 4.0. The book explores knowledge in respect to workforce preparation, digital skills development, teaching and learning of TVET, flexibility and articulation of TVET to respond to work-integrated learning, and reskilling and upskilling to avoid skill mismatches. It is ideal for TVET schools, academicians, curriculum designers, managers, training officers, administrators, vocational professionals, researchers, and students.

OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Learning for Jobs

OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Learning for Jobs
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2010-08-10
Genre:
ISBN: 926408746X

An OECD study of vocational education and training designed to help countries make their systems more responsive to labour market needs. It expands the evidence base, identifies a set of policy options and develops tools to appraise VET policy initiatives.

Planning for Technical and Vocational Skills Development

Planning for Technical and Vocational Skills Development
Author: Kenneth King
Publisher: United Nations Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The position of skills development on the agenda of policy-makers and development agencies improved markedly around the turn of the 21st century. This book tracks the ways skills have gained importance both in the developing and the more industrialized world. It analyses critically the multiple ’drivers' of skills development and the linkages of skills to the knowledge economy, growth, and employment in an increasingly competitive world. It also acknowledges the many modalities and delivery systems for skills development, arguing that this institutional diversity, often spread across several ministries and training authorities, has made it more difficult to give a national account of the skills development sector. The re-emergence of skills has triggered many reform initiatives associated with TVSD, some of which have become almost ’fashions' and are in danger of being adopted without sufficient evidence of their effectiveness. This work provides cautionary advice and fresh insights that planners will find rewarding.

Methods of Teaching Agriculture

Methods of Teaching Agriculture
Author: L. H. Newcomb
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1993
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This text was designed to be of use in preservice and inservice education courses. It is useful in courses related to teaching methods, introductory agricultural education, course or program planning, SAE, and evaluation of learning. Teacher educators should find the unique examples used in the text highly useful in teaching their courses.