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Prasad, C. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1977
Extension education and its components (the methods and techniques of education and subject matter know-how) are defined and their interrelationships are analyzed. (EM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Definitions
Lovan, W. Robert – Training and Development Journal, 1976
Economic, social, and cultural improvements in the non-metropolitan (or rural) areas of the nation are discussed in relation to: The development of community leadership (especially among business trainers), the role of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the Land Grant Extension system, business interests, and the need for…
Descriptors: Business, Business Responsibility, Community Development, Community Involvement

Meyers, James M. – Education and Urban Society, 1980
Describes the evaluation design employed by the 4-H program in response to the Congressional evaluation mandate of 1977. Discusses difficulties encountered in design integrity and practicality in choosing an appropriate format for the national-scale evaluation. (CS)
Descriptors: Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Extension Education

Patton, Michael Quinn – Education and Urban Society, 1980
Presents an external review of the evaluation process involved in evaluating the national 4-H program. Focuses on issues and lessons relevant to evaluation and research in general. Discusses specific problems encountered in the 4-H national evaluation. (CS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Extension Education

Miller, David R. – Journal of Extension, 1977
Outlines the major elements involved in a continuing environmental education program based on results of efforts to plan and institute land use education programs in Connecticut: the primary audiences should be local government decision makers, land managers, developers, and owners; programs should be continual and periodically updated; and close…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Programs, Environmental Education, Guidelines

Nelson, Philip J. – Great Plains Quarterly, 1999
In the 1940s, the Montana Study focused on engaging the University of Montana in outreach efforts in small towns, developing mechanisms to stabilize the family and small communities and improve the quality of small-town life. Its most popular activity was the creation of over a dozen community study groups aimed at community cultural renewal. (SV)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Community Education, Community Study

Kidd, A. D.; Lamers, J. P. A.; Ficarelli, P. P.; Hoffmann, V. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2000
Discusses forces promoting privatization of agricultural extension. Discusses experiences of privatization and commercialization of extension and related problems in various countries, particularly developing countries. Suggests that the state will continue to play an important role in agricultural extension in many countries and that…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Idowu, Oladele O. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2005
The education of farmers would be result oriented if among other things the learning enhancement situations are created. Farmers' receptivity to training largely depends on the use of several educational methods by extension agents to reach farmers in Mezam division of Northwest province of Cameroon. Data were collected from May to August 2000…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Sampling
Al-Rimawi, Ahmad Sh.; Karablieh, Emad K.; Al-Qadi, Abdulfatah S.; Al-Qudah, Hussein F. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
This study aimed to investigate farmers' attitudes and skills of farm management. Two scales were constructed as an instrument for data collection, based on a sample of 100 farm units. Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.84 or higher, which indicated that the instrument scales were internally consistent. Non-parametric tests were used to analyze…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Improvement Programs, Farm Management, Foreign Countries
Richardson, John G. – 1995
A research project was conducted to determine the methods of information delivery preferred by targeted clientele of extension offices in North Carolina, and what methods clients might prefer in the future. Eleven North Carolina Cooperative Extension agents representing all areas of the state cooperated in the study. The agents developed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Attitudes, Educational Technology

Chesterfield, Ray; Ruddle, Kenneth – Community Development Journal, 1976
An extension program sponsored by the Venezuelan government attempted to change a rural area's shifting cultivation system into one that produced cash crops. The program's failure was due in part to the lack of understanding on the part of the extension agents regarding the communities' traditional resource use systems. (LH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Education, Change Agents, Community Programs
Norman, Charles – 1989
In recent years, service programs targeted for Georgia's rural communities have decreased proportionately in relation to those intended for the state's rapidly expanding population centers. At the same time, erosion of traditional manufacturing industries and an adverse agricultural economy have decreased the ability of rural communities to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Cooperative Programs, Developmental Programs
Brown, Adell, Jr. – 1987
The extension role of Tuskegee Institute and the 16 black land grant colleges established by the Morrill Act of 1890 has been to diffuse among the non-university citizens of America useful and practical information on agriculture, home economics, and related areas. Tuskegee's extension efforts began in 1880 and flourished under the leadership of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Educational History, Extension Education
McGrann, James M.; Lippke, Lawrence A. – 1987
An ongoing project was funded to develop and demonstrate a computerized approach to operation and management of a commercial-sized farm. Other project objectives were to facilitate the demonstration of the computerized farm to the public and to develop individual software packages and make them available to the public. Project accomplishments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Spaulding, Seth – 1982
During the past 20 years, international and bilateral assistance and funding agencies have become increasingly involved in evaluation activities in adult and nonformal education, especially in developing countries. The adult education field pioneered many approaches now advocated by specialists in program and project evaluation. Beginning in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Developing Nations