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Transforming agricultural education for a changing world

Title
Transforming agricultural education for a changing world / committee on a Leadership Summit to effect change in teaching and learning ; Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Board on Life Sciences ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council of the National Academies.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.

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Additional Authors
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Description
xxi, 194 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural education > United States
  • Agriculture and state > United States
  • Educational change > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographic references (p. 121-126) and appendixes (p. 127-194).
Contents
1. Motivating Change -- 2. The Context for Change -- 3. Improving the Learning Experience -- 4. Breaking Down Silos in the University -- 5. Extending Beyond the University:External Partnerships to Effect Change -- 6. A Call for Change -- Appendix A. Statement of Task -- Appendix B. Leadership Summit Information -- Appendix C. Shifts in the Production and Employment of Baccalaureate Degree Graduates from United States Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1990-2005 -- Appendix D. Rethinking Undergraduate Science Education: Concepts and Practicalities - A Traditional Curriculum in aChanged World -- Appendix E. Questions to Guide the Review of Undergraduate Food and Agriculture Programs -- Appendix F. Committee and Staff Biographies.
ISBN
  • 0309132215
  • 9780309132213
OCLC
  • ocn317114596
  • 317114596
  • SCSB-5498227
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries