AEE 501
Foundations
of Agricultural and Extension Education
 |
The
Future of Agricultural and Extension Education |
Introduction: |
While in Graduate School I had to develop a "theory" that explained how the educational system worked. Being a country boy from Texas I designed the Windmill Theory. Basically, the head of the windmill rotates to face whatever direction the wind is blowing. This reminds me of what we do in agricultural and extension education. It seems that there are always winds of change and that we have to face those changes. While most of the class has focused on the past, this lesson is designed to look at the future. Changes in agriculture, the home and in society will impact the future of our professison. |
Lesson
Objectives:  |
At
the completion of the lesson you should be able to:  Identify
significant events currently occuring in the profession.Look
at predictions for the future and determine their possible impact on
agricultural
education and extension Identify
demographic changes in the population and hypothesize how these will
impact
on agricultural and extension education. |
Learning
Activities:  |
Take
the Advances
in Scientific Agriculture pre-test to see how much you need to
learn. View
the World Future Society web site. Be
and sure to check the table
of
contents of past issues of the Futurist to see the types of
articles being written.
At one time some of these articles were online but no longer are. When
you peruse the table of contents note April 1999. You should also check
out some of the predictions
for the future. Visit
the Global Change web
site
and click on the topic, article or video that is of interest to you.
In
1987 Patton wrote about The
Extension Organization of the Future in the Journal of Extension.
Is the Extension Service of today what he described over a decade ago?
King
and Boehlje have an interesting article in the Journal of Extension
titled Extension:
On the Brink of Extinction or Distinction? Do you agree with their
view of the future of extension? Does Extension have visionary
leadership? The Future of Agriculture in Our
Community: A Pilot Program to Increase Community Dialogue About
Agricultural Sustainability is
the title of article in the Journal of Extension. What
is the Future
of
Career Development? What
will work in
the
future look like?
This was written two decades
ago. Are the predictions on target. Read NCLB,
Standards and the Future of Agricultural Education by Annisa
Wilhelm. This article originally was in The Agricultural Education Magazine.The Agricultural Educators are working
on a new approach to the curriculum. Read about it in "The Case for the CASE Model: Curriculum for
Agricultural Science Education." This articles comes from the
September/October 2007 issue of The
Agricultural Education Magazine.William Waidelich shares his thoughts
about "Developing an Agricultural Education
Curriculum for 2015." This
articles comes from the September/October 2007 issue of The Agricultural Education Magazine.Bob Martin from Iowa State encourages
us to "Stick to the Principles: Expand the Horizons".
Another article in the same file is "Agricultural Education: Looking Around"
by Bill Camp. These two articles come from the
November/December 2007 issue of The
Agricultural Education Magazine.Frank Flanders from Georgia writes
about "Cultivating a Program for Sustainable
Agricultural Education." His article is followed by Thoron and
Myers who write about "Agriscience:Sustaining
the Future of Our Profession." These two articles come from the
January/February 2008 issue of The
Agricultural Education Magazine.View
a PowerPoint Presentation on Advances
in Scientific Agriculture and Future Predictons. |
Assignments:
 |
There
is no weekly assignment this week. Start studying for the final exam. |