It’s fun to Learn the Science Behind Crops: Dr. Tonette Laude, Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines. Presented during the APAARI-Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on Webinar on making university lessons more interactive, 4 June 2019

1. IT’S FUN TO
LEARN THE
SCIENCE BEHIND
CROPS
T O N E T T E P. L A U D E
U N I V E R S I T Y O F T H E P H I L I P P I N E S L O S B A Ñ O S

2. OUTLINE
• About the Institute of Crop Science
• What do we want our graduates to be?
• Who are our students?
• How do we make classroom learning fun?

11. Graduates
who are
•Science-based
•Modern and
industry responsive
•Attuned with
emerging issues in
global agriculture
Support
Activities
•Capacity Building
•Institutional
Development to
modernize
infrastructure
•Efficiency in
Operation
• Teaching and
Learning Activities
• AssessmentTools
• Continuous
Quality
Improvement
FEEDBACK
Program/ActivitiesToolsandResources
Value Chain Analysis Applied to CAFS Undergraduate
Programs
•Faculty and Staff
•Infrastructures
•Administration
•Academe and
Research
Institutions
•Industry
•Community
Local and
International
Networks
Expertise
Development
•Research/
Thesis
•Internship
•Farm Practice
Network
Development
•Student Exchange
Programs
•Scientific
Meetings/Fora
•Seminars
CAFS
Undergraduate
Programs
•GE Courses
•Foundation Courses
•Core Courses
•Major Courses
•Specialization

12. WHO ARE OUR
STUDENTS?

13. Mi
Sh
Ne
int
qMillenials
qShort attention
span
qNeed for more
interactive
learning
Moscoso 2019

14. HOW DO WE
MAKE
CLASSROOM
LEARNING FUN?

15. KNOWING OUR STUDENTS
ACTIVITY 1
Students are asked:
What is a farm?
• Information were gathered, processed and categorized…

20. ACTIVITY 2
Draw an upland and
lowland Agroecosystem

22. LEARNING BY DOING

23. Identification of
morphological characters
associated with productivity,
adaptability, and marketability

24. Bio-intensive Gardening

25. A bountiful harvest!

26. IT’S MORE FUN IN THE SUN
• Edible landscaping
• Rooftop garden
• Herbal garden
• Plantation crops nursery

27. Edible Landscaping

28. Rooftop Gardening

29. Jardin de Hierbas
Plantation Crops Nursery

30. LEARNING FROM THE
EXPERTS
• Visit to Learning Laboratory in
Agroforestry
• Visit to Agrometreological Station
• Visit to a commercial vegetable farm in
Tagaytay City

31. Learning Laboratory for
Agroforestry

32. Visit to Agromet
Station

33. CommercialVegetable
Farm in Tagaytay City

34. HARNESSING STUDENTS’
CREATIVE MINDS

35. … IT’S ALL ABOUT THE
STUDENTS
What they learned?
What they experienced?
What they can apply?

36. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Prof. Emmanuel Bernardo (AGRI 31,AGRI 32, and
HORT 20 classes)
• Office of Research and Extension, Institute of
Crop Science, CAFS, UPLB

37. THANK YOU!!!