AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: ISSUES AND METHODOLOGY.

      Аннотация: The book is on agricultural education methods and issues related to it. It covers areas such as aims and objectives of agricultural education, characteristics and qualities of a good teacher of agriculture. The major areas of the book cover the various methods used in teaching agricultural science in primary and secondary schools. These methods are: lecture method, discussion method, demonstration method, problem-solving method, discovering method, laboratory method, field trip, pictorial riddles, concept mapping and 3-dimensional riddles. Other areas covered by the book include classroom/field practical and laboratory management. Planning teaching and learning activities like the syllabus, scheme of work, unit plan, the lesson plan and special problems of teaching agriculture in schools. The last chapter of the book contains such topics as communication in the classroom, barriers to effective communication, development and use of instructional materials and media in agriculture as well as use of ICT in the teaching and learning of agriculture.

Ключевые слова: AED, Agricultral Education, education, agriculture, teaching, learning