Carter, Harold O. (author), Cleaves, David A. (author), Nuckton, Carole (author), and Nuckton: Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Carter: Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Director, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, University of California, Davis, CA; Cleaves: Extension Forest Economist, Southern Forestry Experiment Station, New Orleans, LA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06512
5 pages., via online journal, The growth of community gardens has created new opportunities for urban Extension personnel at a time when staffing resources continue to decline. To serve the integrated pest management (IPM) needs of community gardening populations, Extension educators in two urban counties developed an on-site program involving a demonstration kit and planning protocol that Extension educators, program staff, and master gardener volunteers can use to teach IPM. The program provides practical, research-based information to community gardeners, allows Extension to maintain a presence in urban centers, and provides outreach to audiences who may not have used Extension resources historically.
Gallaher, Art (author), Santopolo, Frank A. (author), and Department of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington; Department of Rural Sociology, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1967
Published:
USA: Extension Journal, Inc.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05365
Evans, cited reference, The Extension agent works in a social system that has two parts: a knowledge center and a client group. The agent functions in this work environment to link the resources of the knowledge center to the needs of the client system. In so doing, he is expected to play, either singly or in combination, the roles of analyst, advisor, advocator, and/or innovator. The authors define and discuss these four roles, in the attempt to help the Extension worker to better understand his work environment as he performs as a change agent. (original)
9 pages, via online journal, This article provides an overview of Extension's Military Families Learning Network. The network is an example of Extension's commitment to building virtual learning networks in the support of targeted professional and lay audiences. The network uses well-established and emergent pedagogical approaches focusing on adult-centered learning while employing state-of-the-art online learning technologies. We present a four-dimensional model of learning activities to illustrate how the network offers different options for and approaches to adult-centered learning and training. The Military Families Learning Network can serve as a model for broader adoption of such entities across the Extension community.
