Agricultural Education

Faculty/Staff

Faculty/Staff

Faculty/Staff

Faculty/Staff

Faculty/Staff

Faculty/Staff

Brief History

• 1st graduates in 1914

• ~ 1,400 – 1,700 living alums

• Only Agricultural Education teacher education program in Indiana

Noteworthy Students

• Distinguished Agricultural Alumnus - Dale Butcher (1995); Chip Perfect (2006)

• Several Purdue Ag Alumni Association Certificate of Distinction Award recipients

• 3 G.A. Ross Award Recipients (Travis Park, 1996; Chad Ripberger, 1997; Amir Faghih, 2006)

• 1 Flora Roberts Award Recipient (Stephanie Warner, 2004)

• 2003 Student Body President - Stephanie Warner• Numerous students:

– Ag Council and Ag Ambassadors– Band, Glee Club, Purduettes – Cheerleaders, Athletics

B.S. Degree

• 130 credit hours– Gen. Ed. (39)

– Technical Ag (53)

– Pedagogy (18)

– AgEd Pedagogy (10)

– Student Teaching (10)

• ~ 100 students– 66% female– 1/3 no AS&B/FFA

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AgEd scholarships• Responsibilities

– POS– Teacher Education– Placement– Scholarship– Honors– Academic Counselor

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Career Pathways

Teaching

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Grad School

Agricultural Education

Learning

Instruction SAE

FFAInstruction Work

Experience

IAAE-Purdue

Agricultural Education Program

Student Organization

Agricultural Education Learning Community

Courses: Undergraduate

• YDAE 240 “Seminar in AgEd”– Large lecture– ~ 70% of students – Team taught

Courses: Undergraduate

• Block I “Exploring Teaching as a Career” and “Multiculturalism and Education”– AgEd students in own section– Formal field experience

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Courses: Undergraduate

• YDAE 318, 319, 440, 451– “SAE,” “Program Planning,” “Methods,” “FFA”– Early Field Experiences included

Courses: Undergraduate

• 441, 498E– “AgEd Field Experience,” “Student Teaching”

Courses: Undergraduate

• YDAE 359 – “Leadership in Developing the Ag Professional”– Open to all COA students

Courses: Graduate

– 540 “Program Planning”– 555 “Principles of Extension Education”– 565 “Principles of Adult Education”– 566 “Conflict Management”– 640 “Courses of Study”– 642 “Seminar”– 643 “Topics”

Advisory Committee

• Renewed in 2001• USDE Grant with CFSEd and TechEd• Members represent:

– IN DOE, High School, Middle School, Career and Tech Center, Production Ag, AgBusiness, Purdue COA

• Provides input on Undergraduate Curriculum

Future Curriculum Plans

• Revise the 10 weeks of Student Teaching to begin at start of Spring Semester

• Combine YDAE 451 into 318/319

• Create 1-credit “Methods of ____” courses

• ASM 114 – collaboration with Ivy Tech

Agricultural Education

Outreach

Agricultural Science and Business Teachers

Agricultural Science and Business Teachers

• Summer Agriculture Teacher Workshop• Indiana Team AgEd

– Videoconferences

• IAAE Website/Listserv• Support IAAE Mentoring Program• Professors in the Classroom• Distance Education courses.• Lesson Plan Library workshops

Advanced Life Science

FFA

International Efforts

• Costa Rica

• Afghanistan

• Middle East

• Jamaica

Agricultural Education

Discovery

Research Interests

• Integration of science and agriculture

• Teacher effectiveness

• Underrepresented populations in agriculture

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