Thoughts... Table of Contents

Article		Page
	Foreword
PHILOSOPHY		1
	Agricultural Education West Virginia University Philosophy of Vocational Education in Agriculture	2
	Vision 2020: The Process	3
	Reinventing Agricultural Education for the Year 2020 West Virginia	12
	Our Fractured Philosophy	13
	Rededication: A New Year’s Resolution	15
TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS		17
	Slow Learners	18
	Be a Professional	20
	Gaining Student Acceptance	21
	For the Sake of Appearances	22
	The Ag Teacher’s Lament	23
	On Being a Procrastinator	24
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS		27
	Teaching West Virginia’s Culturally Deprived Students	28
	Helping Morally Handicapped Children	31
	Touching Their Lives	33
	Teaching Them All	35
	Gender Differences and Inequities in Academics	37
	Building Student Morale	38
	When Youngsters Fail	39
	Overcoming Failure	40
	Teaching the Gifted and Talented	42
SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS		45
	Reviewing the Supervised Agricultural Experience Program	46
	Experiential Learning in Semester Courses	48
	SAEs for Nonfarm Students	49
	Agripreneurship	51
FFA		53
	How to Impress Your Administrators	54
	The HBE Controversy	55
	Let’s Start the Ball Rolling: Rename the FFA	56
MOTIVATION		57
	Using Student Motives	58
	Influencing Student Motives	60
	More on Motivation	62
CURRICULUM		65
	Planning the Agricultural Course of Study: Traditional Agriculture Science and Technology Approach	66
	Secondary Agriculture Strategy (An alternative to the traditional approach) Planning the Course of Study for Secondary Agriculture Under the Alternative Program Approach	68
	Improving Student Learning	72
	Questions	74
	Aquaculture and the Agriculture Program: Some Thoughts	76
	Block Delirium	78
	The Block	79
AGRICULTURAL MECHANICS		81
	Our Safety Obligations in Agricultural Mechanics	82
	Color Dynamics in Agricultural Mechanics	84
	There’s No Excuse!	86
LEARNING STYLES		87
	Students Learn in Different Ways	88
	Learning Styles: Multiple Intelligences	91
	Competency Sheet Managing the Learning Environment	93
	Learning Styles: Another Approach	94
DISCIPLINE		97
	Déjà vu	98
	Changing Student Behaviors	99
	Thoughts on Discipline	100
	More on Discipline	101
	Tips on Beginning a New Year	103
TEACHING METHODS		105
	Lecturing, Telling and Talking	106
	Re: Talkative Teachers	108
	Using Class Discussions	110
	Involving Students in Learning	112
	Cooperative Learning Strategies	114
	Cooperation in the Classroom (Cooperative Learning Strategies)	116
	More Cooperative Strategies	118
	Creating a Pleasant Classroom Climate	121
	Remembering	123
	Thinking About Thinking	124
	Writing in Agriculture Classes	126
	The Importance of Reading	128
	Competency Based Education	130
MISCELLANEOUS		133
	Using Community Resources	134
	Polishing Agriculture’s Image	135
	Getting Them Involved	137
	Another Challenge	139
	Life is a Multiple Choice Game	140
	A Process to Improve Teaching	141
	Would You Enroll?	143