Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07956
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, Folder for International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana. Two folds.
Swaziland: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19748
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 11- 13 From "Proceedings : Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education" National 4-H Center Chevy Chase, MD April 6-8, 1988 77 pages
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.
Zarecki, Yona (author / Audiovisual consultant and media producer, Audio-Visual Productions, Givatayim, Israel) and Audiovisual consultant and media producer, Audio-Visual Productions, Givatayim, Israel
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-06
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 79 Document Number: C04560
