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What can I do with a degree in agricultural science? 

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Findings indicated the following: teachers’ qualifications matter in achieving quality teaching and learning of agricultural science; majority of the teachers are non degree holders; some degree holders are non-professionals; learning of the subject is more of theoretical; traditional classroom-based method of teaching and learning; inadequate facilities; means of updating knowledge were inadequate etc.
Principals believed that integrating science in agricultural education would contribute to educational reform by helping students meet state standards.
A key need will be science that enhances processes of engagement between science, institutions and the agricultural community and is increasingly self-reflective and self-critical.
Agrometeorologists can play a leading role in bridging the gaps between the diverse multi-disciplinary fields of science, by reaching out to farmers, extension service personnel, and the agricultural business community.
In the face of such national and global agronomic challenges, a significant threat looms with the skills challenge facing agricultural science in Australia.
Agriculture is strongly important to the graduates and learning agricultural science in high school helped them get a good job.
The surveys show significant differences between what competences agricultural employers require of graduates and the competences they acquire during their agricultural engineering degree courses.
The result of the study showed that parents’ interest in agricultural related activities will significantly influence students academic performance in Agricultural science, students’ interest will significantly influence students academic performance in Agricultural Science and that parents’ socio-economic status does not significantly influence their interest in Agricultural science and agricultural practical activities.
Findings: While parents have the greatest influence on the career choices of adolescents, there was a positive correlation between studying agricultural science in school and considering an agricultural related career.
So, much more can be said of the applications of agricultural science than of new fields of exploration.
that the degree should provide a broad spectrum of cormnunicaUon and agricultural subject areas.
They also suggested increasing the number of science courses in the preservice curriculum and placing student teachers with inservice teachers who have successfully integrated science into the agricultural curriculum.
Perceptions regarding integrating science and agriculture, the role of teacher preparation programs in integrating science, and integrating science to meet state standards indicated teachers had a positive attitude toward integrating science into agricultural education programs.
This study’s conceptual model emphasized the need to provide teachers and principals with support in both agricultural and science education simultaneously, as comfort in both areas influence adoption of a curriculum innovation in agriscience.
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Plant and crop science will have a major part in ensuring that agricultural production can meet these multiple demands.
In this regard, this paper should increase efforts to promote modern agricultural science and the development of new content, strengthen professional degree graduate education, promote comprehensive reform in the graduate training mode, management system, teacher team building, etc., in order to achieve the Postgraduate Education and Training in Agricultural qualitative leap.
The study highlights the positive relationship between studying agricultural science in school and subsequent interest in agricultural related careers.
Recommendations amongst others include the employment of qualified teachers in the basic sciences of Biology, Chemistry and Geography; the reduction of teaching load of Agricultural Science teachers and sponsorship of Agricultural Science teachers to seminars, workshops and in-service training.
The program has a considerable influence on alumni knowledge and perceptions of the agricultural industry, specifically for those who do not have a traditional agricultural education background.
However, it can be better understood as an interdisciplinary dialogue between Ecology, Agricultural Science, and Agroecology.