Extension teaching methods
- Are teaching devices used by the extension worker in diffusion and adoption of information.
- Are the tools to the extension worker as wrench, screw drivers and hammers etc. are for the engineers.
- According to Leagans (1961), extension teaching methods are devices used to create situation in which communication can take place between the instructor and the learners.
a) According to use:
- Individual contact : farm & home visit, office call, telephone call, personal call
- Group contact : methods and result demonstration, meeting , training, tours
- Mass contact: all printed materials, news stories, radio/television, exhibits, posters
b) According to form:
- Written: all printed materials, circular letters, personal letters
- Visual: exhibits, result demonstration, poster and charts, television, meeting, film
- Telling : lecture, conference, panel, recording, farm and home visit, meeting
- Showing: picture, motion pictures, posters, charts, demonstration, tours
- Doing : Demonstration, practical, OJT, guided experience, performance
c) According to stage of innovation:
- Knowledge: radio and television, printed materials, posters, wall painting
- Persuasion: meeting, training , method demonstration, printed materials
- Decision: result demonstration, farm home visit, office calls, local leaders
- Implementation: result demonstration, personal visit, local leaders
d) According to stage of learning:
- Attention: All mass contact methods
- Interest : meeting, tours, demonstration, personal visit
- Desire: Demonstration, circular letters, meeting, local leaders
- Conviction: result demonstration, personal visit, friends and relatives
- Action: news stories, printed materials, farm and home visit, local leaders
- Satisfaction: personal contact, news stories, field days
e) According to adopters:
- Innovators:
- Early adopters:
- Early and late majority
- Laggards