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Curriculum Design for Experiential Farm-Based Learning Peggy Eppig Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation [email protected]
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Curriculum Design for Experiential Farm-Based LearningPeggy EppigMaryland Agricultural Education [email protected]
When do you need curriculum design?
• When you are offering educational programs and opportunities for students & schools.
• When you want to move beyond ‘Ag Fact’ tours to offer programs with more substance and relevance.
• When you want to be sure students ‘get it’ and can make connections between their everyday lives, their communities, and their futures in agriculture!
Students
FarmTeachers
What are the educational goals of a farm-based curriculum?
I want lessons
that enhance
and extend
our classroom
learning!
I want to learn about farm animals because they are cool!
We want to promote good animal husbandry
and invite students to get involved!
Curriculum is not the same as a lesson.
Assessment is ongoing and important.
Don’t disregard educational standards or best practices.
Use teachers as educational partners not just chaperones.
What FBE Need to Know… What Teachers Need to Know…
Farms are complex systems of economics, ecology, history, plant and animal agriculture.
Farms are excellent classrooms but important safety and management rules must be followed.
Farms are not zoos, amusement parks, or museums - they are working lands that bring us food, fiber, fodder.
I want to raise
pigs! This is so cool!
The student becomes the ‘translator’ between the language of education and agriculture:
Pigs are cool because they allow me to study and become proficient in:
• Ag History/Heritage• Farm Business• Life Sciences
What kinds of curriculum design work with ag?
Technical-
Scientific
Experiential
Product Oriented
Non-Technical
Non-Scientific
Process Oriented
Q: But I’m not an educator – and I don’t have the time to learn a whole new language of education just to put a few lessons together – what do I do?
A: Team up with fellow ag educators and a few teachers willing to help you.
Q: Who can help us do that?
A: The Mid-Atlantic Farm-Based Educators Network!
2012-2013: M-AFBEN - The curriculum design that works for us:
Understanding by Design!
Understanding By Design (Backwards Design)
Outcomes
Evidence
Lesson Plan
• Understandings• Essential Questions• Students will know…• Students will be able to…
• Performance Tasks• Written & Oral Responses• Self-Reflection
• Overview of Session• Instructional Model
McTighe & Wiggins (2004) Understanding by Design , Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Now we need an Instructional Model that fits our Curriculum Design…
Discovery Learning
Inquiry Learning
Problem-based
Learning
Project-Based
Learning
Social Learning
ConstructiveLearning Woo Hoo!
“Constructivism is a learning strategy that draws on students' existing knowledge, beliefs, and skills. With a constructivist approach, students synthesize new understanding from prior learning and new information.
The constructivist teacher sets up problems and monitors student exploration, guides student inquiry, and promotes new patterns of thinking. Working mostly with raw data, primary sources, and interactive material, constructivist teaching asks students to work with their own data and learn to direct their own explorations. Ultimately, students begin to think of learning as accumulated, evolving knowledge. Constructivist approaches work well with learners of all ages, including adults. “ - WBGH, Enhancing Education
What is constructive learning and why does it work best in experiential learning?
The Five E’s
Engage
Explore
ExplainElaborate
Evaluate
“Works for us!”
Informal Assessments
• Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Wobble All Around!
• Big Ideas and Pressing Questions (Index Cards)
• Think, Draw, Explain (Journals)
• Process Map (Chalk or Whiteboard
• Analogy Prompt (Basket)
• One-Minute Essay
• Misconception Check
Journaling
Now I ‘get’ why local agriculture
is so important to me and family.
Process Mapping
Curriculum Design
depends on goals
UbD
Instructional Model
depends on outcomes and
evidence
Constructive Learning: 5Es
SEED
ROOTSSTEM and
LEAVES
FLOWER and FRUIT
JOIN US!
Peggy EppigMid-Atlantic Farm-Based EducationMD Ag Ed FoundationHavre de Grace, MD 20178410-939-9030 (office)443-299-8552 (cell)[email protected]
Karen FedorMaryland Farm to SchoolMD Dept. of AgAnnapolis, MD [email protected]
