Filling the Third Circle with Interdisciplinary Lesson Planning: A Case Study of Pre-Service Teachers

The three-circle model of agricultural education focuses on the importance in-class instruction, supervised experiences, and FFA involvement. communications career pathway is available to students through experiences (SAE) programs development events within FFA. However, specific curriculum that teaches in classroom not readily available. purpose this qualitative case study was examine interdisciplinary lesson planning integration process pre-service teachers with focus opportunities limitations teaching communication agriculture, food, natural resources (AFNR) curriculum. In study, four worked faculty develop curricula plans be incorporated into high school AFNR classrooms. These developed lessons prior student and, when appropriate, used these their While current research regarding science ongoing, literature silent social sciences such as want more lessons. They believe skills while tying them content area can improve knowledge, retention, engagement learning exposing pathway.