Redefining Education for Action Issues Programming in Extension.

Meyers, James M.; Pigg, Kenneth

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ERIC Number: EJ415464

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Publication Date: 1990

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Redefining Education for Action Issues Programming in Extension.

Meyers, James M.; Pigg, Kenneth

Rural Sociologist, v10 n3 p42-45 Sum 1990

Discusses current problems for cooperative extension services, particularly regarding relevance and effectiveness of extension education programs. Suggests extension programs develop research-based knowledge to improve practices and technology for social and economic change. Describes alternative model of services beyond information dissemination. Recommends methodological reform allowing more community-action programs. (TES)

Descriptors: Community Action, Community Needs, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Economic Change, Extension Agents, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Services, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Relevance (Education), Rural Extension, Social Change

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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