Michael Retallick

Michael Retallick

Position
  • Professor
  • Department Chair

Contact Info

206 Curtiss Hall
Ames
,
IA
50011-3150
Email
msr@iastate.edu
Phone
515-294-4810

Education

  • B.S. (1993) Agricultural Education, University of Wisconsin - Platteville
  • Master of Agribusiness (2002), Kansas State University
  • Ph.D. (2005) Agricultural Education, Iowa State University

More Information

Recent Courses Taught

  • AgEdS 116: Initial Field Experience in Agricultural Education
  • AgEdS 211: Early Field Experience in Agricultural Education
  • AgEdS 312: Science With Practice
  • AgEdS 550: Foundations of Agricultural Education

  • AgEdS 625: Leadership, Administration, Supervision and Management of Agricultural Education Programs

Research Focus, Agenda, and Interests

Study of experiential learning as it relates to formal education at both the secondary and higher education levels. Areas of study include early field experiences, internships/field experiences, teaching and learning in the classroom and via distance education, Science With Practice (SWP), and learning communities.

Research Agenda

  • Explore contemporary methods of utilizing experiential learning in the secondary classroom
  • Explore/Evaluate the role of reflection/critical thinking in experiential learning
  • Study the PERT (Preflection, Experience, Reflection, and Transfer) approach to experiential learning in formal education

Areas of interest related to experiential learning and life-long learning (L3)

  • Reflection
  • Critical thinking
  • Questioning
  • Cognition and Metacognition

Peer Reviewed Articles, Thesis and Dissertations, Technical Reports available at Digital Repository