A DESCRIPTIVE EVALUATIVE STUDY OF AN EXTENSION TRAINING PROGRAM ON COMMUNICATION FOR FEMALE ADVISORS IN SOME GOVERNORATES OF UPPER EGYPT | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 29, Issue 11, November 2004, Pages 6265-6280 PDF (4.42 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2004.209808 | ||
| Author | ||
| M. A. Khattab, | ||
| Dept. of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The central purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate an extension training program on communication for female advisors in some governorates of upper Egypt. Descriptive approach to evaluating training programs was used to answer the following question: what happened in the researched program? Learning measurement approach was used to measure the degree of educational benefit the trainees gained, in terms of knowledge and skills, from the offered training program. Affective approach to evaluating training programs was used to answer the following question: how trainees feel about the offered training program? The necessary data were collected by using two questionnaires through interviewing 43 and 21 advisors. Main statistical methods used for data analysis included: percentages, means, and t-test. By comparing the mean for each of the knowledge and skill educational items before training with its mean after training, the t-test values indicate that there is a significant difference at the 0.01 level of significance between the two means for all the knowledge and skill educational items offered in the training program. The results also indicated that the great majority of trainees (95.2%) have expressed their willingness to use the communication knowledge and skills included in the offered training program while conducting their extension activities with rural women. The results of the simple observations indicate, in general, a high standard of discussion and freedom of expression. The trainees were very satisfied with using the following methods of training: video presentation, role playing, and case study. The r.esults of this study should be regarded as a basis for designing and implementing similar programs in the future. | ||
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