近日，风景岭地区及昆士兰州多地共五十名农业与理工科教师齐聚布纳公立中学，学习现代农业知识、农业科技创新内容及相关职业发展方向。
本次活动旨在助力教师专业能力提升，由澳大利亚第一产业教育基金会联合布纳公立中学联合举办，澳大利亚肉类畜牧业协会、谷物研发公司、园艺创新机构等行业组织参与协办。
全天培训活动为教师提供实操经验与教学资源，助力其在课堂中讲解现代农场生产模式、行业创新成果以及农业领域多元就业机遇，课程内容涵盖：
行业专题授课
校园农业项目参观
协同研学活动
行业交流联谊
澳大利亚肉类畜牧业协会价值链应用部总监道格·麦克尼科尔表示，此次活动印证了将真实行业知识融入课堂的重要意义。
他提到，澳洲农业创新能力突出，养殖户依托数据与科技开展田间管理，持续提升产业可持续发展水平。
深入对接一线教师，能够把真实农业生产场景转化为生动实用的课堂教学内容，让学生了解农业行业具备现代化、专业化且前景广阔的职业发展路径。
活动现场展示了澳肉类畜牧业协会配套教学大纲的全套教育资源，助力教师在课堂讲授贴合行业前沿的农业知识。
协会校园教育主管苏珊·豪推介了全新推出的从牧场到餐桌探索教学套装，该产品隶属于澳洲优质肉类校园教育项目。
这套教学教具配备现成实用的教学素材与课堂活动，帮助学生全面了解红肉产业，涵盖养殖生产、可持续发展、营养知识及行业就业方向等内容。
苏珊表示，该教具兼顾教学价值与实用性，适配多个学段反复使用，可满足各类课堂教学需求。
作为联通青少年与红肉产业的重要纽带，为教师提供实用灵活、趣味十足的教学工具十分关键，能够帮助学生充分认识澳洲红肉产业绿色可持续的生产模式。
此类活动既能充实教师行业知识，也能展示各类免费教学资源，助力教师生动开展农牧产品从田间到餐桌的科普教学。
本次活动落地布纳公立中学，进一步巩固了该校在农业教育及产教融合领域的领先地位。校长丹·马罗内称，此次研习活动让师生均收获颇丰。
他表示，很高兴迎来各地教育工作者前来交流，让大家近距离接触现代农业发展现状与行业机遇。
这类交流活动能够增强教师讲授现代农业知识的底气，也能引导学生积极投身农业相关各类职业。
澳大利亚肉类畜牧业协会及合作方持续为教育工作者提供教学工具、行业资讯与交流渠道，助力课堂生动普及农业知识，培育新一代行业专业人才。
消息来源：MLA
Equipping teachers to shape the future of Australian red meat
Fifty agriculture and STEM teachers from across the Scenic Rim and wider Queensland locations recently came together at Boonah State High School to strengthen their knowledge of modern agriculture, ag-tech innovation and career pathways.
Hosted to support teacher professional development the event was a collaboration between Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia (PIEFA) and Boonah State High School, with industry organisations including Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Hort Innovation participating.
The full-day program equipped attendees with practical insights and tooling to build into their classroom delivery of contemporary on-farm production, innovation and the diverse opportunities available across the agriculture sector with sessions focused on:
industry-led sessions
school agriculture program tour
collaborative learning activities
networking opportunities.
MLA presenter Doug McNicholl, Group Manager – Value Chain Adoptions said the event demonstrated the importance of bringing real-world industry knowledge into classrooms.
“Australian agriculture is highly innovative, with producers using data and technology to guide on-farm decision making and improve sustainability outcomes,” Doug said.
“Working directly with teachers helps turn what’s happening on farms today into practical, engaging classroom learning – and shows students that agriculture offers modern, skilled and rewarding career pathways.”
During the program, the suite of MLA’s curriculum-aligned educational resources, which are designed to support teachers with up-to-date industry-relevant agriculture content in the classroom, was showcased.
Susan Howe, MLA Schools and Education Manager, also introduced the new Farm Gate to Plate Explorer Kit, a brand-new initiative of MLA’s Australian Good Meat Education school program.
The Explorer kit provides teachers with practical, ready-to-use materials and activities for an enhanced learning experience, helping students better understand the red meat industry, from on-farm production through to sustainability, nutrition and career opportunities.
“Development of the Explorer kit has carefully considered educational value, functionality, and repeated use across multiple year levels ensuring it supports a diverse range of classroom settings,” Susan said.
“As our main gateway to connect students with our industry and spark their ongoing curiosity, it’s vitally important that we support teachers with practical, adaptable and engaging educational tools that help to build student understanding of contextual sustainable Australian red meat production.
“Events like this offer an ideal forum to build teachers’ industry knowledge along with showcasing the depth of resources freely available to support them in bringing food and fibre paddock to plate education to life in the classroom,” she said.
Boonah State High School hosted the event, reinforcing its reputation as a leader in agricultural education and industry collaboration. Dan Marrone, Boonah State High School Principal, said the workshop delivered valuable outcomes for both teachers and students.
“It was fantastic to welcome educators from across the region and provide them with hands-on exposure to modern agriculture and the opportunities it presents,” he said.
“Opportunities like this help teachers feel confident delivering contemporary agriculture in the classroom and inspire students to consider the wide range of careers available in the sector.”
MLA and its partners continue to support educators with the tools, insights and connections needed to bring agriculture to life in classrooms and help build the next generation of industry talent.
Source：MLA
