摘要:Taking students out into the field to visit properties has been a foundation of
agricultural education practice in Australian higher education. These
excursions are invariably popular with students, but their enjoyment of these
activities may be largely due to factors other than the achievement of
learning outcomes. This paper reports on a constructivist learning design
used for a farm tour whereby strategies were deliberately planned and
employed to challenge students to develop their observational skills in an
authentic context. Students needed to utilise their prior learning in the area
and engage with each other to devise and present proposals to both
academic staff and industry cooperators while on the tour.
关键词:Authentic learning, learning designs, field excursions, agricultural education