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Suggestions for School and Home Projects in Agriculture
Excerpt from Suggestions for School and Home Projects in Agriculture
As agricultural subjects are finding their way into the curricula of secondary schools, teachers are confronted with various problems in connection therewith. The successful conduct of laboratory work is one of the most perplexing of these. In the development of agricultural courses both teachers and pupils are turning to home gardens, fields, farm buildings, herds and flocks for their material for practice work. There only, the great laboratory of agriculture is to be found. The work in this laboratory has frequently been termed "Home Projects," - probably because it is not carried on within the walls of the schoolroom.
Various reasons arc given why "Home Projects" are of great importance in the study of elementary and secondary agriculture. It is for the purpose of outlining some of these reasons, indicating the scope and character of this work and suggesting methods whereby these practical projects may be conducted, that this bulletin has been prepared.
Interest - the vital factor of successful teaching, is developed to a high degree through originality. That the initiative of the teacher may not be destroyed, and his interest, therefore, maintained, the outlines presented herewith are intended only to be suggestive. Teachers of agriculture are asked to first consider carefully the needs of their pupils and the opportunities offered in their school laboratories and, with these as a basis, to outline the methods which will most successfully meet the demands of the projects under consideration. If the outlines herein suggested are of assistance to such teachers this bulletin will have served its purpose.
Since "Practical Project Work" is a new field in education the writers especially invite helpful criticism and constructive suggestions.
As agricultural subjects are finding their way into the curricula of secondary schools, teachers are confronted with various problems in connection therewith. The successful conduct of laboratory work is one of the most perplexing of these. In the development of agricultural courses both teachers and pupils are turning to home gardens, fields, farm buildings, herds and flocks for their material for practice work. There only, the great laboratory of agriculture is to be found. The work in this laboratory has frequently been termed "Home Projects," - probably because it is not carried on within the walls of the schoolroom.
Various reasons arc given why "Home Projects" are of great importance in the study of elementary and secondary agriculture. It is for the purpose of outlining some of these reasons, indicating the scope and character of this work and suggesting methods whereby these practical projects may be conducted, that this bulletin has been prepared.
Interest - the vital factor of successful teaching, is developed to a high degree through originality. That the initiative of the teacher may not be destroyed, and his interest, therefore, maintained, the outlines presented herewith are intended only to be suggestive. Teachers of agriculture are asked to first consider carefully the needs of their pupils and the opportunities offered in their school laboratories and, with these as a basis, to outline the methods which will most successfully meet the demands of the projects under consideration. If the outlines herein suggested are of assistance to such teachers this bulletin will have served its purpose.
Since "Practical Project Work" is a new field in education the writers especially invite helpful criticism and constructive suggestions.
34 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
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