Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: C21969
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Food Safety In-Sight Volume 3, Number 1, TM Environ Health Associates, Inc. 1 page., Suggestions for teaching basic food safety to persons who work in restaurant kitchens.
Online from publication. 4 pages., A senior fresh produce merchandiser offers advice about providing orientation and in-service training for professional development of new employees in produce departments of food stores.
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.
Byrnes, Francis C. (author), Parsey, J.M. (author), and National Project in Agricultural Communications. Michigan State University}National Project in Agricultural Communications. Michigan State University
Format:
Class paper
Publication Date:
1950
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 47 Document Number: B05704
Derner, Seth (author), Johnson, Donelle (author), Katt, Richard (author), and Nebraska FFA Executive Director and Director of Agricultural Education, Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln; Agriculture teacher, Blair High School, Blair, NE; Undergraduate, Agricultural Education, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1994-09
Published:
USA: Agricultural Education Magazine, Inc., Henry, IL 61537
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 99 Document Number: C08340
