Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C20083
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23 pages; from "Extending Extension; beyond traditional boundaries, methods and ways of thinking", APEN 2003 Forum, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, November 26-28, 2003
Phelan, James (author) and McNamara, John (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2008-03-09
Published:
Ireland
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27982
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Presented at the 24th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education at EARTH University, Costa Rica, March 9-15, 2008. 12 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C18634
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various documents in same binder; : FSR/E training units: volume 1 TMS-602; Farming Systems Support Project International Programs; Technical eds: Steve Franzel, Malcolm Odell, Marcia Odell; Coordinating ed.: Lisetter Walecka
15 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This article assesses a non-traditional training methodology for extension agents, focused on the exchange of experiences among peers and the reflection on practice, with the aim of exploring its potential as a training strategy.
Design/Methodology/approach: A quali-quantitative investigation was conducted, which included interviews with extension agents, the use of different questionnaires, and recordings of the evaluation sessions carried out during each workshop.
Findings: This research allowed us to understand the importance of effective group coordination, a participatory climate, working in small groups, and the feedback loop between theory and practice for processes of experience sharing and reflection on practice. Some of the positive effects of the training observed were that extension agents acquired new knowledge and methodologies, reflected critically upon their practice, and put into question their own extension approach.
Practical Implications: Given its potentialities, implementing training processes focused on experience sharing and reflection on practice for rural extension workers, seems advisable.
Theoretical Implications: This article contributes to the understanding of how experience sharing and reflection on practice can generate transformations in rural extension agents’ approaches and positioning.
Originality/Value: This study systematically assesses the impacts that training has on extension workers, as well as the underlying processes that made it possible to generate them.
Parker, Robert (author), Abi-Ghanem, Rita (author), Carpenter-Boggs, Lynne (author), Koenig, Richard (author), Pannkuk, Chris (author), and Pan, William (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Iraq
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37043
Ethiopia: The World Bank Regional Mission in Eastern Africa Preferential Trade Area for Eastern & Southern African States
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19746
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Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 81-99 From "Proceedings of regional workshop on agricultural research and extension and their interaction" In Cooperation with the Republic of Kenya Minitries of: Agriculture Livestock Development & Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Kenya December 2-9, 1990
