EXPLANATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 



Program of work. — The project method of teaching requires a 

 definite program for the year's work. There should be a thorough 

 understanding and agreement between the pupil and the instructor 

 of the work to be undertaken. To this understanding and agree- 

 ment the parent, guardian, or employer should be a cooperating 

 party. A decision must be reached at the beginning of the school 

 year regarding the projects to be carried through, and the major 

 features in the program of work should be decided upon as soon as 

 possible thereafter. No one program is suitable for all schools or 

 for all individuals within a given school. Each pupil should pre- 

 pare a program of work that will be of maximum benefit to himself 

 in the acquirement of skill in, and of knowledge relating to, prac- 

 tical gardening. The skeleton program or " Calendar " in Chapter 

 One should be of help in his program making. This is decidedly a 

 " doing " book. Gaining the most helpful information about veg- 

 etable growing will depend upon the actual performance of real 

 operations with real purpose. 



Selection of projects. — The selection of projects is the first and 

 fundamental step in making up a program of work. The minor 

 features of the program cannot be determined until this question 

 has been settled. Should each pupil have one or more projects? 

 Should he select Project XXI, Making the Home Garden, with 

 the sole purpose of supplying the home table ? Should he conduct 

 one or more projects for commercial purposes? Or, should he 

 combine a model home garden with one or more cash crop 

 projects ? 



If markets are available, we would urge the undertaking of 

 one or more projects as a business proposition, with the idea of 



