Class
Article
College
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Department
School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Abstract
Industry has recognized that students need soft skills to be successful in today's workforce, these skills are otherwise known as 21st-century skills (Rotherham & Willingham, 2009). Incorporating 21st-century skills into the school-based agricultural education classroom will engage students in the learning process which will allow them to graduate being better prepared to succeed in a growing global economy. When a school and educator build upon the foundation of applying academic content learned in all disciplines students become engaged, take an active role in the learning process, and are prepared to thrive in a growing global economy. While the mastery of academic content is crucial, students must also understand how to make use of the knowledge they have been taught (Girlando, 2013). Educators are teaching students how to read, write, and solve math problems, while students are not internalizing the content and learning what to do with it (Wagner, 2008). Students must be able to experience and solve real-world problems while taking the knowledge they have learned in core classes and applying it to a variety of situations (Larson & Miller, 2011). For decades students have thought of the information learned in core classes to be irrelevant because they have not been asked to apply these concepts in real-world situations and the critical skills needed for success have not been intertwined. Incorporating the teaching of 21st-century skills in the school-based agriculture education classroom allows the student to analyze the content learned, apply it to a real-world setting, and continuously create new knowledge based on what they learned.While current trends in education point to teaching our students 21st-century skills, the question remains: do agriculture teachers perceive these skills as important to teach in their classroom?
Location
Room 154
Start Date
4-11-2019 10:30 AM
End Date
4-11-2019 11:45 AM
Included in
21st-Century Skills: A Needs Assessment of School-Based Agricultural Education Teachers
Room 154
Industry has recognized that students need soft skills to be successful in today's workforce, these skills are otherwise known as 21st-century skills (Rotherham & Willingham, 2009). Incorporating 21st-century skills into the school-based agricultural education classroom will engage students in the learning process which will allow them to graduate being better prepared to succeed in a growing global economy. When a school and educator build upon the foundation of applying academic content learned in all disciplines students become engaged, take an active role in the learning process, and are prepared to thrive in a growing global economy. While the mastery of academic content is crucial, students must also understand how to make use of the knowledge they have been taught (Girlando, 2013). Educators are teaching students how to read, write, and solve math problems, while students are not internalizing the content and learning what to do with it (Wagner, 2008). Students must be able to experience and solve real-world problems while taking the knowledge they have learned in core classes and applying it to a variety of situations (Larson & Miller, 2011). For decades students have thought of the information learned in core classes to be irrelevant because they have not been asked to apply these concepts in real-world situations and the critical skills needed for success have not been intertwined. Incorporating the teaching of 21st-century skills in the school-based agriculture education classroom allows the student to analyze the content learned, apply it to a real-world setting, and continuously create new knowledge based on what they learned.While current trends in education point to teaching our students 21st-century skills, the question remains: do agriculture teachers perceive these skills as important to teach in their classroom?