Student-Led Discussions to Engage Students in Deeper Learning in Horticultural Courses

Student-Led Discussions to Engage Students in Deeper Learning in Horticultural CoursesIn an ever-evolving field of agricultural education, fostering deep and meaningful learning experiences has become essential, especially in specialized fields like horticulture.In college courses, lecture-based teaching methods are standard and valuable, yet they often fall short in promoting active learning and critical thinking (Miller et al., 2013).Additionally, lecture format instruction primarily focus on presenting course content and have relatively less student engagement (Russell et al., 2016).Hence, there needs to be more innovative engaging activities for students in traditional lecture-based courses.