Published - 2 June 2017 By Gavin Beever APEN The Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN) is the premier professional organisation for extension workers and those interested in extension in the Australasia-Pacific region. Four hundred Extension Professionals … Read More APEN, Conference, Professional development Home, Methods & Tools, Resources, Theory
Published - 2 December 2016 By Gavin Beever What is Extension? Extension is the practice of transferring information, knowledge or skills that can assist individuals, families, communities, organisations or businesses achieve improved economic, social and environmental … Read More Extension, Extension Described, Extension planning, Extension Principles, History of Extension Theory
Published - 1 November 2016 By Experiential Learning David Kolb synthesised three models to develop key characteristics of experiential learning. 1) The Lewinian Model 2) The Dewey Model, and 3) The Piaget Model The Lewinian Model of … Read More Action learning, Action learning cycle, Dewey model, experiential learning, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Lewinian model, Piaget model Theory
Published - 1 October 2016 By Participatory Research, Development and Extension – Sustainable Agriculture Developed in the 1980s-1990s, Niels Roling argues for sustainable agricultural development practice (RD&E) to involve farmers in the R&D process as collaborators and driving the … Read More Empowerment, Extension planning, Group extension, Group Facilitation, Interactive, Learning paths, Participatory approach, Social, Social transitions, Systems thinking Theory
Published - 15 September 2016 By Extension Continuum The extension continuum recognises that there are four major strategies or models in agricultural extension. It illustrates that as extension situations become more complex, emphasis … Read More Dealing with complexity, Empowerment, Engagement, Experimentation, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Learning Theory
Published - 15 September 2016 By Programmed Learning Model Programmed Learning is essentially about formal or ‘packaged’ education opportunities that are positioned beyond informal learning that is often based on existing knowledge and experiences … Read More adult learning, curriculum, experiential learning, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, learning objectives, Programmed Learning, top-down Methods & Tools, Theory
Published - 7 September 2016 By Extension as Communications Improving food production and fostering economic development is not just a matter of individuals receiving messages and adopting the ‘right’ technologies, but more to do … Read More Actors, Communication for Innovation, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Innovation, Intervention, Social Theory
Published - 7 September 2016 By Group Facilitation / Empowerment Model This is about approaching extension as a bottom-up process to achieve change – as an exercise in human development for outcomes that have an impact … Read More Methods & Tools, Theory
Published - 5 September 2016 By Diffusion of Innovations Theory – Adoption and Diffusion The Diffusion of Innovations theory was the leading theory in agricultural extension post World War II until the 1970s. It is still used today in … Read More Adoptions categories, Communication, Innovation, Social system, Technology transfer, Time Theory
Published - 1 September 2016 By Cow Up a Tree – Collaborative Learning A key argument within this theory is that the current extension situation has changed since the linear model of extension (adoption and diffusion model) was … Read More Actors, Collaborative action, Collaborative learning, Critical engagement, Extension planning, Framework, Innovation, Learning process approach, New extension approaches Theory
Published - 31 August 2016 By Extension is Capacity Building Capacity Building and Community Engagement is seen as a key development in the contemporary extension space and so is described in more detail as an … Read More Capacity building, Enabling change, Extension planning, Facilitation and Empowerment Model, Group Facilitation, Increasing capacity building, Information Access, Innovation, Programmed Learning, Technological development Theory
Published - 31 August 2016 By Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems Communities of Practice (CoPs) is a multi-purpose concept. As a social learning theory, CoP considers learning in a social context requiring both participation and reification … Read More Communities of Practice, CoP, Domain, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Online tools, Social learning system, Social Learning Theory Methods & Tools, Theory
