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Improving the Effectiveness of Teaching Animal Science¹

University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706

Abstract

The effectiveness of a teacher in helping students understand and value meat and animal science can be facilitated by numerous techniques. It is the purpose of this paper to relate ideas that have been generated and exercised at the University of Wisconsin, and have been found to be both necessary and justifiable for a more complete learning experience beyond what can be accomplished by the classroom lecture. Unfortunately, the value of each idea is not supported by objective measurement. The ideas are of value, however, when one considers the subjectiveness of student evaluations and the opinions of the teacher, and examines educational literature.

Often one has had supplemental ideas for the lecture, but has never implemented them because of time limitations, in availability of materials or lack of interest. Whether supplemental activities involve demonstrations, laboratory problems, competitions or visitations, it is imperative that they be designed to accomplish the following:

¹ Published with the approval of the Director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Meat and Animal Science, Manuscript No. 571.

² Department of Agricultural and Extension Education.

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