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MacArthur, Stacey; Nelson, Cindy; Brower, Naomi; Memmott, Margie; Peterson, Gaelynn – Journal of Extension, 2016
Obstacles facing new 4-H volunteers include time constraints and difficulty finding project-specific information, resources, and opportunities available for club members. As a solution to these obstacles and an aid for assisting volunteers in becoming confident in delivering information to youth, content experts produced Discover 4-H Clubs, a…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Extension Education, Clubs, Volunteers
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Roland, Tyanne J.; Fisher, Meredith – Journal of Extension, 2016
Teaching record keeping for breeding projects in a way that keeps youths engaged is a difficult task. The activity discussed in this article was used to teach 4-H participants the importance of record keeping by implementing the experiential learning model and without lecturing. A description of the activity, instructions and materials for the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Recordkeeping, Rural Extension, Extension Education
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Sciarappa, William; Quinn, Vivian – Journal of Extension, 2014
Extension educators have new computer-assisted tools as audience response systems (clickers) for increasing educational effectiveness and improving assessment by facilitating client input. From 2010-2012, 26 sessions involving 1093 participants in six diverse client categories demonstrated wide audience acceptance and suitability of clickers in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Rural Extension, Audiences, Ethnic Diversity
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Strong, Robert; Harder, Amy; Carter, Hannah – Journal of Extension, 2010
The purpose of the study reported here was to explore and describe how Extension agents selected teaching strategies for adult audiences. Andragogy is hypotheses concerning the attributes of adult learners (Knowles, Swanson, & Holton III, 2005). Extension agents responsible for teaching the Master Beef Producer (MBP) program were purposively…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Qualitative Research, Teacher Effectiveness, Rural Extension
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Kandel, Herman J.; Ransom, Joel K.; Torgerson, David A.; Wiersma, Jochum J. – Journal of Extension, 2010
Wheat and soybean producers pay a small amount per bushel produced as a check-off. Funds are used for research, outreach, and crop promotion. Commodity organizations and Extension joined forces to develop multi-state educational outreach on spring wheat and soybean production. Participatory planning involved producers in developing these…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Program Effectiveness, Outreach Programs, Community Organizations
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Wortmann, Charles S.; Glewen, Keith L.; Williams, Susan N. – Journal of Extension, 2011
Adoption resulting from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Crop Management Diagnostic Clinic (CMDC) field days was evaluated using an on-line survey. Respondents reported significant gains in skills because of CMDC, but the gains were similar across skill areas. Adoption was affected by compatibility with the cropping system, relative advantage,…
Descriptors: Skill Analysis, Skill Development, Mail Surveys, Program Effectiveness
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Zossou, Esperance; Van Mele, Paul; Vodouhe, Simplice D.; Wanvoeke, Jonas – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2009
This article deals with the comparison of the conventional training based on two day community workshops and farmer-to-farmer video used as methodologies for the dissemination of improved rice parboiling process in Benin. From November 2007 to May 2008, we interviewed 160 women and 17 women groups who had been exposed to both, one or other of the…
Descriptors: African Languages, Agricultural Occupations, Rural Extension, Females
Licht, Melea A. R.; Martin, Robert A. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the agricultural information preferences of crop producers in Iowa and the implications for agricultural extension education. The objective was to identify agricultural information issues producers perceive as significant to their businesses. The results will help agricultural extension educators and…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Focus Groups, Marketing, Program Content
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van de Fliert, Elske; Dung, Ngo Tien; Henriksen, Ole; Dalsgaard, Jens Peter Tang – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
In 1992, even before a formalized agricultural extension system existed, the Farmer Field School was introduced in Vietnam as a farmer education methodology aiming at enhancing farmers' agroecological knowledge, critical skills and collective action to support sustainable agricultural development. Over the years, the model saw a wide range of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Rural Extension, Adult Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Spitze, Hazel Taylor – J Coop Ext, 1969
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Nutrition, Paraprofessional Personnel, Rural Extension
Brien, J. P. – Australian J Adult Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Educational Media, Rural Extension, Teaching Machines
Lancaster, Josephas Jackson – 1959
The Georgia Community Development Program is a medium of agricultural extension teaching involving community improvement. The chief difference between the Georgia program and those in other Southeastern states appeared to be in the areas of sponsorship and awards schemes. A survey of recognized leaders in 16 rural communities in the Atlanta and…
Descriptors: Clubs, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Leaders
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Worth, S. H. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
Prosperity--continuous and sustainable wealth creation--is an elusive goal in South African smallholder agriculture. This paper suggests that agricultural extension can facilitate realising this objective if an appropriate approach to extension can be developed. To develop such an approach requires that the definition of extension and the…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Agriculture
Stonecipher, Charles Leroy – 1966
Forty-four employees of the General Extension Division of the Nebraska Agricultural Extension Service and 119 Agricultural Extension employees of the University of Nebraska comprised the population of this study comparing personnel's knowledge of Agricultural Extension and General Extension programs and differences in knowledge of programs…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Curriculum, Educational Finance, Extension Agents
Schwartz, Rhea – 1985
An effective teaching technique for a university extension course for rural special education teachers is the respond/read/replicate/report system. The four-step system was developed to stimulate tired, beleaguered teachers with differing experiences, knowledgeability, and teaching/learning styles who drove up to 60 miles on country roads to…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Evening Programs, Individualized Instruction, Needs Assessment
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