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Extension Practice

What is Extension?

A history in Australia

Performance Indicators and Benchmarking in Extension

Pareto's Law

To assist extension planning

Diffusion of Innovations Theory

Founded by Everett Rogers

Peter Honey and Alan Mumford

Learning Styles

Bennett's Hierarchy

Extension Program Evaluation Model

Published - 1 October 2016
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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 …
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Empowerment, Extension planning, Group extension, Group Facilitation, Interactive, Learning paths, Participatory approach, Social, Social transitions, Systems thinking

Published - 30 September 2016
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Continuous Business Improvement Model

The concept of Continuous Business Improvement (CBI) in a project setting is a structured and methodical process for developing profitable farm businesses. It draws on innovations …
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Continuous improvement, Evaluation, Extension planning, Innovation

Methods & Tools

Published - 28 September 2016
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Adopt (Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool)

ADOPT has been designed to help evaluate and predict the likely level of adoption and spread of specific agricultural technologies and practices for particular target …
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ADOPT, Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool, Evaluation, Extension planning, Innovation, Prediction, Target markets

Methods & Tools

Published - 15 September 2016
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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 …
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Dealing with complexity, Empowerment, Engagement, Experimentation, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Learning

Published - 15 September 2016
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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 …
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adult learning, curriculum, experiential learning, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, learning objectives, Programmed Learning, top-down

Methods & Tools, Theory

Published - 7 September 2016
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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 …
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Actors, Communication for Innovation, Extension planning, Group Facilitation, Innovation, Intervention, Social

Published - 7 September 2016
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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 …
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Methods & Tools, Theory

Published - 1 September 2016
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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 …
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Actors, Collaborative action, Collaborative learning, Critical engagement, Extension planning, Framework, Innovation, Learning process approach, New extension approaches

Published - 31 August 2016
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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 …
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Capacity building, Enabling change, Extension planning, Facilitation and Empowerment Model, Group Facilitation, Increasing capacity building, Information Access, Innovation, Programmed Learning, Technological development

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