| Knowledge - Education |
| A participatory approach to curriculum development |
| This paper suggests that agricultural education institutions need to foster their relationship to the development process through the integration of academic scholarship with development tasks, including national but especially local development tasks. The implication is that a wide range of stakeholders in local development should participate in the curriculum development process - that curriculu... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0017.htm |
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| Knowledge - Education |
| Teaching and learning agriculture |
| This paper discusses various approaches to agricultural education. The "experiential learning" approach has recently been developed for teaching agriculture. Experiential learning is not only based on school knowledge and acquired skills, but also on experience; hence its name.
It views learning and the farming environment as "soft systems", meaning systems that are not fixed. This paper is taken... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0014.htm |
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| Knowledge - Education |
| Education in agriculture: Links with development in Africa |
| The improvement of a country's human resource capacity for productivity is a
pre-requisite for social and economic development. In the agricultural sector, both
formal and non-formal education are essential for improving food security and rural
employment and reducing poverty.
To meet the challenges of agricultural production and food security facing Africa today and in the 21st century, coun... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0008.htm |
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