 | Agricultural development workers training manual: Volume II Extension Skills |
 |  | Contents |
| | Preface and acknowledgements |
| | Introduction to volume II |
|  | Chapter I: Orientation to extension component of agriculture training |
| | A. Overview |
| | B. Preparation for extension component of agriculture training |
| | C. Carrying out the extension component |
| | Chapter II: Curriculum |
| | A. List of skill groups sessions handouts and hours |
| | B. Session plan format |
| | C. Lesson plans |
| | Skill group I: Introduction |
| | Introduction to training: An ice breaker |
| | Skill group II: Community analysis |
| | Group resource assessment |
| | Skill needs and resources |
| | Community analysis methods and strategies |
| | Gathering information in the community |
| | Analysis, organization, and sharing of information |
| | Community family live- in orientation |
| | Analysis and sharing of information from the Live- In |
| | Independent research office resources |
| | Skill group III: Development |
| | Introduction to development |
| | Development work |
| | Women in development |
| | Working with others: helping |
| | Skill group IV: Agriculture extension |
| | Orientation and extension worker visit |
| | Reflecting and generalizing from the extension worker visit |
| | Reaching small farmers |
| | Scale model demonstrations |
| | Result demonstrations |
| | Method demonstrations |
| | Farmer learning styles |
| | Introduction to field days |
| | Field day planning meeting |
| | Field day preparation |
| | Field day |
| | The extension system and institution building |
| | Skill group V: Health |
| | Diseases and agents of disease |
| | Practical skills for health maintenance |
| | Basic nutrition concepts |
| | Skill group VI: Community adaptation |
| | Personal support with stabilizers |
| | Discovering how to say no |
| | Dealing with ambiguity |
| | Non- verbal communication, part I |
| | Non- verbal communication, part II |
| | Skill group VII: Community organizing |
| | Communicating skills |
| | Decision making |
| | Organizing skills |
| | Problem solving |
| | Organizing farmers' organizations |
| | Skill group VIII: Closure |
| | Last rites |
| | Chapter III: Extension resources |
| | HANDOUT II - 3 - A - Information gathering strategy |
| | HANDOUT III - 1 - A - Foreign volunteer services: A host national perspective |
| | The volunteers dilemma |
| | Training and selection |
| | Foreign volunteers and development |
| | The objective: Communications |
| | Number of foreign volunteers |
| | HANDOUT III - 1 - B - Assumptions about development |
| | HANDOUT III - 2 - A - Case study |
| | HANDOUT III - 2 - B - A peace corps agriculture extension worker |
| | HANDOUT III - 2 - C - Questions for discussion: Assumptions |
| | HANDOUT III - 2 - D - Effects of the project |
| | HANDOUT III - 2 - E - Different approaches |
| | HANDOUT III - 3 - A - The adverse impact of development on women |
| | Irene Tinker |
| | Change of subsistence economies |
| | Change in the modern sector and women's education |
| | Conclusion |
| | HANDOUT III - 3 - B - Cross cultural attitude survey |
| | HANDOUT III - 3 - C - Women of the world: The facts |
| | HANDOUT III - 4 - A - Working style inventory |
| | HANDOUT IV - 1 - A - Agriculture extension |
| | HANDOUT IV - 2 - A - Extension worker roles and their implications |
| | HANDOUT IV - 2 - B - Extension, training and dialogue: A new approach for tanzania |
| | HANDOUT IV - 3 - A - Reaching small farmers (role play) |
| | HANDOUT IV - 3 - B - Extension guidelines |
| | The small farmer and his response to change |
| | Maximizing farmer response to improved practices |
| | HANDOUT IV - 5 - A - The result demo plot as an extension tool |
| | HANDOUT IV - 6 - A - The use of the method demonstration as a teaching device |
| | Planning a method demonstration |
| | HANDOUT IV - 7 - A - Participative & directive training styles |
| | HANDOUT IV - 9 - A - Meetings |
| | HANDOUT IV - 11 - A - Field day check chart |
| | HANDOUT IV - 12 - A - Working within the system |
| | HANDOUT V - 1 - A - Some diseases which are found in Latin America (categorized in terms of how they are transmitted) |
| | HANDOUT V - 1 - A - Mini- workshops (summary of needed materials) |
| | HANDOUT V - 2 - B - Guidelines for purifying water |
| | HANDOUT V - 2 - C - Basic guidelines for personal and dental health |
| | HANDOUT V - 2 - D - Basic information concerning solid waste and excreta disposal |
| | HANDOUT V - 2 - E - Guidelines for assuring foods are clean |
| | HANDOUT V - 2 - F - Basic handout on immunization |
| | HANDOUT V - 2 - G - Antibody creation |
| | HANDOUT V - 3 - A - Description of the three main food groups |
| | HANDOUT V - 3 - B - Requirements, tables, and lists of nutrients & food |
| | HANDOUT VI - 1 - A - Personal stabilizers |
| | HANDOUT VI - 3 - A - Case situation # 1 |
| | HANDOUT VII - 1 - A - Group maintenance oriented behavior worksheet |
| | HANDOUT VII - 1 - B - Task oriented behavior worksheet |
| | HANDOUT VII - 1 - C - Observers worksheet |
| | HANDOUT VII - 1 - D - Task oriented behavior/Group maintenance oriented behavior |
| | HANDOUT VII - 1 - E - On U.S. volunteers |
| | HANDOUT VII - 1 - F - Communication skills: Self rating form |
| | HANDOUT VII - 2 - A - The decision- making process |
| | HANDOUT VII - 2 - B - Observation sheet for decision making |
| | HANDOUT VII - 2 - C - A group decision making model |
| | HANDOUT VII - 3 - A - Personal interest |
| | HANDOUT VII - 3 - B - Transferring responsibility |
| | HANDOUT VII - 4 - A - Problem- solving |
| | HANDOUT VII - 4 - B - Patty peace corps |
| | HANDOUT VII - 4 - C - Situation |
| | HANDOUT VII - 4 - D - Case study of a head bund |
| | HANDOUT VII - 4 - E - Management |
| | Appendix A: List of sources and tapes of information to be gathered |
| | Appendix B: List of training supplies and resources to be procured |
| | Appendix C: Extension evaluation agriculture pre- service training |
| | Appendix D: Bibliography! of books, films, games, and a song |
Agricultural development workers training manual: Volume II Extension Skills
U.S. Peace Corps
Prepared by A. L. Nellum and Associates, Inc. under contract No. PC- 282- 1004
Reprinted By:
PEACE CORPS
Information Collection and Exchange
September 1985
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