Primary School Agriculture: Volume I: Pedagogy (GTZ, 1985, 144 p.)

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Preface

Part I: Pedagogical foundations of primary school agriculture

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1. Introduction

2. Objectives for teaching agriculture in primary schools

3. Approaches to the teaching of agriculture

3.1 Overview

3.2 An appraisal of how agriculture is taught at present

4. A Science-Based approach to primary school agriculture

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4.1 The relationship between agriculture and science

4.2 Environment-Based school agriculture

4.3 The Political dimension: Self-reliant development, social justice, and the link with traditional culture

4.4 Objectives for primary school agriculture

Part II: Teaching methods

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1. The scheme of work

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1.1 The growth cycle of crops as a means to devising the scheme of work

1.2 The principle of integration

1.3 The physical strength of school children

2. The structure of teaching units

2.1 Breaking down a scheme of work into units

2.2 Defining objectives for the sub-units

2.3 Indoor and outdoor activities in a sub-unit

3. Indoor activities

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3.1 Classroom preparation of outdoor activities

3.2 Follow-up of outdoor activities

4. Outdoor activities

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4.1 Farm work

4.2 Observational activities

4.3 Experimentation

5. Special problems related to school farm work

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5.1 Farm care during holidays

5.2 Income

Part III: Examples for practical use

1. Teaching sub-units

1.1 The maize harvest-integrating work, observation and classroom teaching

1.2 Surveying farm plots - the use of the plane table

1.3 Results of an experiment on pineapple farming

1.4 Observing the growth of yams

1.5 Planning maize farming

2. Lesson notes

2.1 Lesson notes on tephrosia

2.2 Lesson notes on rice

2.3 Lesson notes on Land Tenure in Kake-Bakundu

2.4 The integration of agriculture and mathematics

3. Teacher’s documentation

3.1 Notes on Land Tenure in Kake

3.2 Yam growing in Banyang area

3.3 Traditional rites associated with the planting of maize in Bali(by V. Kette)

3.4 Some corn dishes in Bali

4. Record sheets