Defining Agricultural Education

What is Agricultural Education? In this lesson we will discuss the major components of an complete agricultural education program and how that work together.  Can an agricultural education program be complete without one of the major components?  We will attempt to answer that question as we progress through the lesson.

1. Identify the major components of a complete agricultural education program.

2. Discuss how the components work together.
1. Visit the National FFA Organization website to learn some of the basic of the FFA Organization.

2. Go to the National FFA web site and see how the FFA describes SAE!

3. Go to the NAAE web site and read Bernie Staller's article "What in the World Does Integral Mean Anyway?" Pay special attention to the graphic on page 3.

 4. Read The Agricultural Education Magazine article by G. Moore & J. Flowers entitled "Strengthening Programs Through an Expanded Model for SAE."

5.  Read Section 10 of the Smith-Hughes Act. (you will have to scroll down to find section 10).

6. Read "SAE: Putting Agricultural Education into Context" by Bill Camp in the Jul.-Aug, 1998 issue of The Agricultural Education Magazine.

7. Read Bill Camp's article "SAE for Y2K" from The Agricultural Education Magazine (Nov.-Dec. 1999

8.  Read the following sections from Understanding Agriculture: New Directions for Education.

Executive Summary
Vocational Agricultural Education
1. Do you have to have all three components (Instruction, FFA, and SAE) to have a complete agricultural education program?  Why or why not?  Send your reply via e-mail to your instructor.
1. Phipps, L. J. & Osborne, E. W. (1988). Handbook on Agricultural Education. (5th Edition). Danville, IL: The Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc. 

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