Understanding Agriculture -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Executive Summary and Recommendations -- AGRICULTURAL LITERACY -- Principal Findings -- Principal Conclusions and Recommendations -- VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE -- Principal Findings -- Principal Conclusions and Recommendations -- EDUCATION ABOUT AND IN AGRICULTURE -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- 2 Agricultural Literacy -- FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Education about Agriculture -- Teaching Science through Agriculture -- Teacher Education and Training -- Model programs -- Community Involvement -- Agricultural Career Exploration Programs -- 3 Vocational Agriculture Education -- FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Program Enrollment and Availability -- Enrollment -- Availability -- Minority Enrollments -- Program Content -- The Current Curriculum -- Uneven Quality -- Improving Quality -- Model Programs -- Educational Technology -- Supervised Occupational Experiences -- Future Farmers of America -- Teacher Education -- Text References -- Appendix A: The Changing Face of American Agriculture -- STRUCTURAL AND POLICY CHANGES -- Appendix B: Agricultural Education in America -- THE EARLY GROWTH YEARS -- Appendix C: The Education Reform Movement of the 1980s -- Appendix References -- Index -- Recent Publications of the Board of Agriculture -- POLICY AND RESOURCES -- NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS SERIES AND RELATED TITLES.