Robert Terry Jr.

co-author of Preparing and Advancing Teachers in Agricultural Education

November 4, 2015

Robert Terry, Jr. is the Roger Howell Professor of Agricultural Education and head of the Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership at Oklahoma State University. Throughout his career, he has taught courses related to agriculture teacher education, leadership development, and philosophy of agricultural education. In addition, he supervises student teachers, teaches workshops for in-service teachers, and conducts research related to teaching and learning of agriculture and leadership.

A native of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Terry has BS and MS degrees in agricultural education from Oklahoma State University and a PhD in agricultural education from Texas A&M University. He taught agriculture at Owasso (Oklahoma) High School and has been on faculty California Polytechnic State University, Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University and the University of Missouri. In addition to working in teacher education and leadership development, he has coordinated programs and taught classes in agricultural communications and distance education. He has more than 100 publications to his credit and has given more than 100 invited presentations. He has garnered in excess of $1.2 million in extramural funding.

He is a member of a variety of professional and honorary organizations including the American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE). In 1994 he was recognized as the Outstanding Young Faculty at Texas Tech and in 1996 AAAE named him the Outstanding Young Agricultural Educator. In 2005, he was recognized as the Outstanding Teacher in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri and he was recently named the Distinguished Agricultural Education for the North Central Region of AAAE. In 2008, he was presented the William T. Kemper Excellence in Teaching Fellowship at the University of Missouri, an award that includes a $10,000 honorarium.

This text is a compilation of chapters written by 31 highly qualified teacher educators. However, it is also intended as a source for readership beyond just teacher educators. It serves as a collective knowledge of the steps the profession should take to prepare and advance teachers of agricultural education today. Within its pages, faculty members who specialize in agricultural education recognize the past, describe the present, and explore the future for their responsibility–and the responsibility of their universities–to prepare and advance teachers of agricultural and environmental sciences in the public schools, particularly public secondary schools.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2011-honorees/robert-terry-jr

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