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Rice, Joshua E.; Rugg, Bradley; Davis, Sharon – Journal of Extension, 2016
Youth involved in 4-H projects have been engaged in science-related endeavors for years. Since 2006, 4-H has invested considerable resources in the advancement of science learning. The new Minnesota 4-H Science of Agriculture Challenge program challenges 4-H youth to work together to identify agriculture-related issues in their communities and to…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Agriculture, Community Problems, Community Programs
David K. Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Ever since the 1983 landmark study, "A Nation at Risk", was released, educators have been examining the effectiveness of instructional time in American schools (Pedersen, 2012). However, school calendars have remained stagnant and seemingly a product of society and economy, tied to agriculture, for over 100 years (Turner & Finch,…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Christensen, Jolene; Warnick, Brian K.; Spielmaker, Debra; Tarpley, Rudy S.; Straquadine, Gary S. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
This study identified and prioritized the agricultural in-service needs of introductory level career and technical education teachers in Utah. The Utah State Board of Education requires that all seventh grade students complete an introductory career and technical education course as their first formal career exploration experience. One component…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Agricultural Education, Grade 7, Agriculture
Bush, Sarah B.; Karp, Karen S.; Popelka, Liz; Bennett, Victoria Miller – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012
How better to promote a healthy lifestyle than to get an entire middle school involved in analyzing dietary information? This article describes a series of activities that was part of an interdisciplinary schoolwide effort to discuss healthy food choices. Mathematics teachers chose to focus on students' dietary habits and, over several days,…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Food, Dietetics, Eating Habits
Skelton, Peter; Seevers, Brenda – Journal of Extension, 2010
The Memorial Middle School Agricultural Extension and Education Center is a new model for Extension. The center applies the Cooperative Extension Service System philosophy and mission to developing public education-based programs. Programming primarily serves middle school students and teachers through agricultural and natural resource science…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Rural Extension, Public Education, Natural Resources
Teaching Language through Agriculture and Domestic Science. Bulletin, 1912, No. 18. Whole Number 490
Leiper, M. A. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
One of the most difficult problems of modern school practice is how to prevent overcrowding the curriculum, breaking up the school day into small fragments of time devoted to disconnected tasks, and dissipating the energies of the children to such an extent that the process of education is hindered rather than helped by the attempts to enrich and…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Agriculture, Agricultural Education, Rural Schools
Watson-Newlin, Karen – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2008
In this article, the author shares a painting unit she introduced to her students. In this unit, her students painted pictures of barns and discussed the historical significance of barns in Wisconsin.
Descriptors: Painting (Visual Arts), Studio Art, Art Activities, Grade 7
Williams, Dilafruz – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2008
The crisis of sustainability can be linked to the traditional forms of schooling driven by mechanistic and technocratic worldviews. Progressing to a more sustainable world requires a fundamental shift in the framework of formal education--its structure, content and process--to include principles of systems thinking and holistic learning. A case…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Gardening, Conservation (Environment)
Zehr, Henry; Moss, Glenda; Nichols, Joe – Qualitative Report, 2005
This dialogical project is framed within critical inquiry methods to bring an Amish teacher's voice to the forefront. Henry, an Amish middle school teacher, and two university teacher educators in northeastern Indiana collaboratively critiqued educational literature written about the Amish culture from the past 15 years. Building on critical…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Ethnography, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Educators