Teaching Agriculture in Secondary Schools- Class 2


	Teaching Agriculture In Secondary Schools AEE 535


Class 2:	Factors Influencing Decisions About Teaching
Learning Objectives:	Identify and describe 4 of the major factors that affect teachers decisions about agricultural education programs. Explain three types of variables that influence student learning. Describe competencies needed by teachers
Instructional Activities:	Complete the Factors Influencing Decisions About Teaching Pretest Review the slide presentation on Factors Influencing Decisions About Teaching. (Download the slide show) Examine the Duncan and Biddle model for classroom teaching. Now read the explanation of the model. Oliva and Henson ask the question "What are the Essential Generic Teaching Competencies?" "Do We Still Need Agricultural Education" is the question posed by Rosco Vaughn in this article from the Agricultural Education Magazine (Volume 71, Issue 4, pp. 4-5). Read the article "My Initial Perceptions of Agricultural Education" by Allison Touchstone from the Agricultural Education Magazine (Volume 67, Issue 9, pp. 11, 16). Review the Goals 2000 document.
Assignments:	Interview an experienced teacher and give examples that show evidence that the major factors described in the slide show were used (or not used) in making decisions about their program. While it is preferred that a secondary agricultural education program be used as a basis for this assignment, other options would be a college level agriculture course or a course in another area of education.