The educational environment of the American Farm School: secondary, post-secondary and adult education curricula running parallel

Abstract

This article describes the educational environment of the oldest agricultural educational institution in Greece. At the American Farm School of Thessaloniki (hereafter AFS), a secondary school program is running together with a post-secondary program and a variety of continuing training activities. Throughout the paper a comparison between the AFS educational practice and some well-known models of curriculum is made. The comparison leads to a better understanding of the framework under which the AFS offers education. This is important since no other similar institution in Greece serves three educational levels simultaneously.