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标题：Pedagogy in Higher Education of Agriculture
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作者：Atul Kumar ; Atul Kumar ; Vandana A. Kumar 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2014
卷号：152
页码：89-93
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.09.160
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractAgriculture is continuing as a major contributor to the economies of majority of the countries, particularly developing ones. Its share, however, in the GDP is showing a progressive decline worldwide. In fact, agricultural sector is undergoing rapid changes as a consequence of both technological progress and financial forces which demand an increased market-orientation, competitiveness and higher productivity. With increasing involvement of private players in agriculture, there is a paradigm shift in demand and employment pattern of agricultural graduates to agriculture and allied sectors warranting an urgent need for a revision of existing curricula to better address market as well as educational thrust addressing national priorities/needs. This reorientation should incorporate twin objectives of (i) market-oriented agriculture, and (ii) direct relevance to the improvement of subsistence agriculture and poverty in rural areas. Thus, a great challenge facing many agricultural universities over the next decade will be to introduce radical changes in pedagogy of agricultural so as to meet the these challenges by transforming themselves: *from agricultural universities to universities for rural development, *from hierarchical organizations to participatory ones, *from immediate needs to short- and long-term sustainability, and *from reactive to pro-active organizations. Undoubtedly, universities are better equipped to greatly influence this cause through the technology and trained human resource that they are capable of generating. In the quest for more effective and meaningful teaching and learning methods in agricultural higher education, an attempt is made in this presentation to suggest ways and means for reorienting higher education in agriculture with due emphasis on: *promotion and adoption of a systems approach in teaching programmes enabling graduates to comprehend agriculture as a system comprised of technical, economic, social and cultural elements, *enhancement in understanding of students for key management principles such as decision-making skills,*participatory teaching methods using case studies, problem-solving approaches, group working and interdisciplinary approaches
关键词：participatory teaching;sustainable agriculture;interdisciplinary approach;experiential learning