Agricultural Education from a Pedagogical Perspective: Incorporating Preliminary Instruction for Teaching Practice

Abstract 　The author had hoped to be involved in the training of future agriculture teachers at universities, making use of his knowledge of high school education, particularly his expertise in agricultural education gained through his 24 years of experience as an agriculture teacher in other prefectures, 5 years at the Kyoto Prefectural Office of Education, and 11 years as an administrator at a Kyoto prefectural high school. In this section, the author presents a record of his own efforts at school sites, an outline of the scheduled lecture content, and educational practice on matters closely related to the content of instruction, in order to put the “Agricultural Science Education Methods” into practice. 　Stated differently, he describes his thoughts on the recent environment of school education, the current state of agricultural high schools, the prospects for agricultural education, and the role that agricultural high schools should play in the future, based on his teaching experience. 　In addition, he describes the transition and current state of agricultural high schools in Kyoto Prefecture, as well as the status of typical cooperation between Kyoto Prefecture’s agricultural specialty departments and affiliated schools and the Kyoto Prefectural Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. 　Furthermore, regarding educational training, based on the experience of accepting educational interns over the years, the report also describes how to provide guidance to and accept educational interns from the standpoint of schools, as well as how guidance regarding educational training at universities should be provided.