Identifying International Agricultural Concepts forSecondary Agricultural Education Curriculum

摘要

The globalization of the agriculture industry has created an emerging need for agriculturaleducation in the United States to take a more globalized approach to prepare students for futurecareers in agriculture. The purpose of this study was to identify international agricultural conceptsfor secondary agricultural education curriculum. A Delphi study was used to obtain a generalconsensus by a panel of experts, and 24 overarching concepts were identified to incorporate intoan internationalized secondary agricultural curriculum within the Agriculture, Food, and NaturalResources Career Cluster. The overarching concepts were placed into five categories including:(a) production, (b) business, (c) culture, (d) environment, and (e) global awareness. Werecommend the 24 concepts be used by curriculum specialists to internationalize secondarycurriculum for school based agricultural education (SBAE). Future research should investigate theutility of the concepts and best practices for teaching international content in SBAE.