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Nelson, Donald L. – 1972
Through its educational programs, extension is increasingly concerned with helping people know better how to live as well as how to make a living. Extension works with local people on problems calling for community consideration and group decision. The need for this type of education is particularly pressing in rural areas; hopeful signs are…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Extension Agents, Extension Education
Smith, G. A., Ed.; Jolson, A., Ed. – 1972
The proceedings of a national conference to examine the present situation and needs in rural areas of Rhodesia and to formulate a strategy of joint Christian participation in development are provided. The conference program centered around three main themes: Training Schemes, Extension and Development in Rural Areas, and Ecumenical Action in Rural…
Descriptors: Church Role, Conference Reports, Rural Development, Rural Extension
Robinson-Horne, Jacquelyn P.; Jackson, Katie W. – 2000
This study investigated factors deterring county Extension agents from participating in professional development activities, such as in-service training, continuing education, and formal coursework, designed to help them grow as professionals. The Deterrent to Participation Scale-General, which was divided into eight factors, was designed so that…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Extension Agents, Participation, Professional Development
Davis, Kathy – Extension Service Review, 1971
An article describing the activities of the Vermont Consumer Aide Program. Volunteers, mostly older lower income persons, visit the less advantaged elderly and acquaint them with various aid programs, consumer information, and offer help for individual needs. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Low Income Groups, Older Adults, Rural Extension
Nelson, Josephine B.; Nelson, Catherine – Extension Service Review, 1971
Account of a 4-H photography project among Mexican American youth in the inner city of St. Paul, Minnesota, directed to dropouts and other problem youth. (Authors/JB)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Mexican Americans, Photography, Rural Extension
Byrd, Tom – Ext Serv Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Farm Visits, Mobile Educational Services, Plant Pathology, Research
Hornbacher, Gary – Extension Service Review, 1971
Operating under Federal, state, and local funds, this Cooperative Extension Project serves urban and suburban youth in Flint, Michigan, and elsewhere in Genesee County. Two photos. (LY)
Descriptors: Nonprofessional Personnel, Rural Extension, Suburban Youth, Urban Youth
Mikrut, John J., Jr. – Adult Leadership, 1971
Ethiopia is just now beginning to emerge from her ancient, once glorious past, and adult education is one of the means by which this is being accomplished. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Developing Nations, Labor Education
Phillips, L. L.; Van Brackle, Richard D. – Ext Serv Rev, 1970
Extension agents present programs in the public schools on the Science of Tornadoes, Science of Radiation, and Science of Protection from Radiation. (EB)
Descriptors: Civil Defense, Emergency Programs, Public Schools, Rural Extension
McKay, Gerald R. – Extension Service Review, 1970
Minnesota used telelecture for 59 meetings, reaching 296 groups in 35 counties. Each call was a conference call and each receiving station had a Dukane unit enabling an audience of up to 200 to hear well. (EB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Listening Groups, Participant Satisfaction, Rural Extension
Douglas, Mohammad A.; Shriver, Howard A. – J Coop Ext, 1969
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Investigations, Mergers, Resource Centers

Maginnis, Berdine; Boeckner, Linda S. – Journal of Extension, 1996
Responses from 23 of 36 participants in a weekend wellness retreat conducted by a rural extension program revealed positive changes in their nutritional behaviors and emotional well-being. Exercise was one lifestyle area needing improvement. (SK)
Descriptors: Females, Health Promotion, Program Implementation, Rural Extension

Smith, M. F. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
Application of evaluability assessment by the Cooperative Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture is reviewed. The effort involved five states with six major programs since 1984. Underlying philosophy and methodological considerations are discussed, and background information is provided on the assessment processes and studies…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation

Yabsley, Gordon – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1988
Discusses changes in the extension service of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture since World War II. Notes a change in emphasis from technology to farm business management. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Farm Management, Foreign Countries
Swanson, Burton E. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
This paper discusses the transition from a national focus on food security during the last half of the 20th century to an emerging strategy on helping small-scale farm households increase farm income to reduce rural poverty. The basic proposition is that if extension is going to help increase farm incomes and rural employment, then it must shift…
Descriptors: Poverty, Competition, Foreign Countries, Agricultural Production