extension teaching methods are means to use to teach the farmers and the students. The choice and use of these methods depends upon the type of message to be imparted or delivered, size of the audience and their attributes. combination of extension teaching methods experienced to be more effective.
2. Extension Teaching Methods
• Teaching methods - devices used to create situations where
communication takes place between the instructor and the
learners.
• methods of contacting and extending know- how to the
people by attracting
- their attention,
- arousing their interest and
- leading them to have successful experiences with improved
ways of doing the things
3. Classification of extension teaching methods
1. Classification according to use:
Individual Contact
• Farm and home visit
• Office call
• Telephone calls
• Personal letters
• Result demonstration
Group Contact
• Method Demonstrations
• Meetings (all types)
• Training courses
• Tours
• Result demonstration meetings
4. Mass Contact
• All the printed matter
• News stories
• Circular letters
• Radio and television
• Exhibits
• Poster, charts and other visuals
5. 2. Classification according to form
Written
• All printed matter
• Personal letters
• Circular letters
Spoken
• All types of meetings
• Farm and home visits
• Office Calls
• Radio
6. Visuals
• Result Demonstrations
• Exhibits
• Posters and charts
• All other visual aids
• Method demonstrations
• Meetings at result demonstrations
• Television
• Meetings with audio visualn aids
• Film shows
7. 3. Classification according to function
Telling
• Lecture
• Conference
• Panel and forum
• Recordings
• Farm and home visits
Showing
• Written words
• Pictures and motion pictures
• Posters, charts and exhibits
• Demonstrations
• Tours
9. 4. Classification according to the stages of innovation
decision process
Knowledge
• Radio and television
• Printed matter
• Posters and wall news paper
• Circular letters
Decision
• Result demonstrations
• Farm and home visits
• Office calls
• Friends and relatives
11. 5. Classification according to the stages of learning process
Attention
• All mass contact methods
Interest
• Meetings
• Tours
• Demonstrations
• Appeal to values
• Personal visits
Desire
• Demonstrations
• Circular letters
• Meetings
• Local leaders
• Conviction
12. Conviction
• Result demonstration
• Personal visits
• Friends and relatives
Action
• News sories and other printed matter
• Farm and home visits
• Local leaders
Satisfaction
Personal contacts
News-stories
Field days
13. 6. Classification according to the learning Objectives
Knowledge
• Printed matter
• Lectures
• Guided discussions
• Tours
• Case studies
• Skill
• Training courses
• Demonstrations
• Lectures by the experts
• Film shows
14. 7. Classification according to adopters categories
Innovators
• All mass contact methods
• Office calls
Early adopters
• Farm and home visits
• Demonstrations
• Meetings
Early majority
• Result demonstrations
• Posters
• Tours and field days
• Exhibitions and film shows