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AEM701:Agricultural Extension Education
Extension as a discipline has a history that dates back over a century and it has a broad application such that it is almost inevitable to make sense of development efforts without applying its principles. It is a social science that generously taps from principles and theories of adult education, rural sociology and educational psychology. It is essential that you as a prospective professional agriculturist not only clearly understand what the term extension means, but also some other related concepts and be able to come to term with the implications and applications of basic principles in extension. When focus is on agriculture and the rural sector we call the discipline Agricultural Extension.
What Will You Learn?
You will learn about the concepts of agricultural extension, history of agricultural extension, principles and processes of extension; and extension approaches. Though, this course is introductory, it touches on broad spectrum of the basics in agricultural extension with also a stint on contemporary issues in extension.
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In specific terms, the objectives of the course are as follows:
- Discuss the concept of Agricultural Extension and Extension Education.
- Distinguish among different concepts related to Agricultural Extension.
- Provide an account of the history and development of Agricultural Extension.
- Explain the philosophy, principles and objectives of Agricultural Extension.
- Define the scope and functions of Agricultural Extension.
- Present the extension process
- Discuss alternative extension approaches/models.
- Outline various extension methods.
- Describe the extension aids.
- Discuss the emerging trends in Agricultural Extension