Issue:
July/August 2026
Theme Issue Title:
Advancing Middle Level Learning in Agricultural Education
With a focus on curriculum and instructional strategies, program development, student engagement, and emerging issues and innovative approaches, practitioners, teacher educators, and other professionals share their best practices to advance middle school agricultural education. As agricultural education programs continue to increase across the United States, it has become essential to place emphasis on this diverse group of learners. This issue seeks to provide tips and tricks for all teachers as they promote high quality learning in their classrooms.
Theme Editor:
Dr. Jacob Englin
Assistant Professor
South Dakota State University
jacob.englin@sdstate.edu
Issue:
September/October 2026
Theme Issue Title:
Cultivating Agricultural Educational Programs: Empowering All Learners to Grow, Lead, and Thrive
This issue highlights pedagogical practices that promote success for students from varying backgrounds and abilities, including students receiving special education services, gifted and talented learners, and English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Through hands-on learning, supervised agricultural experiences, and leadership development opportunities, agricultural education provides a unique platform for all students to build knowledge and confidence, develop leadership skills, and enhance career readiness. By embracing supportive pedagogy, educators can ensure that every learner has access to meaningful, engaging, and transformative experiences that allow all learners to grow, lead, and thrive.
Theme Editor:
Dr. Joy Morgan
Associate Professor
North Carolina State University
jemorga2@ncsu.edu
Submission Requirements:
Authors should submit the following materials:
Issue:
November/December 2026
Theme Issue Title:
Inquiry Education: Minor Modifications can Yield Major Impacts on Student Learning
Teachers can use a variety of strategies to make minor modifications in their instructional practices to yield major impacts on student learning. Using inquiry as a method of instruction transmits thought, questions, exploration, investigation, and curiosity to help students connect agriculture processes to drive their content knowledge and demonstrate technical skills. When students are challenged to think critically to solve problems, they transfer and apply knowledge and skills, are motivated to learn, and active engagement naturally occurs. Inquiry learning can be facilitated by teachers to offer opportunities for their students to experience real world applications to prepare them for college and careers. This issue shares examples of inquiry-based teaching techniques, strategies, and advice offered by agriscience teachers for readers to implement in their instructional practices to enhance student learning.
Theme Editor:
Dr. Catherine A. DiBenedetto
Professor
Clemson University
cdibene@clemson.edu
