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Class
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The Need for Adult Education in Agricultural and Extension Education |
Learning
Objectives:  |
 List and explain 10 reasons why adults need continuing
education. Identify
future trends which may affect the offering of adult classes to
adults. |
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Take the interactive
pretest to see how much you know about the need for adult education
in agricultural and extension education. Read
Chapter 2 - "Need for Adult Education" in Effective Adult
Learning. Is there
really a NEED for Extension agents to know much about adult education?
See what Patrick Borich, the former director of the Minnesota
Cooperative
Extension
Service says in "Clients
Face Uncertainty, Too" in the Fall 1988 issue of the Journal of
Extension. Read
Riley's article, "Adult
Agriculture Education: Not a Matter of Need But Who Will Provide It?,"
from the Sept.-Oct. 1999 issue of the Agricultural Education
Magazine. Read
Zidon's article, "Adult
Education in Agriculture: An Old Timer's Dream," from the
Sept.-Oct.
1999 issue of the Agricultural Education Magazine.
Read
Claycomb's article, "Relevant
Agricultural Education is Needed at the Two-year College Level in the
21st
Century," from the Sept.-Oct. 1999 issue of the Agricultural
Education
Magazine. Read
Bolton's article, "Change
and Diversity: The Real Issues Facing Postsecondary Agricultural
Education,"
from the Sept.-Oct. 1999 issue of the Agricultural Education
Magazine. Read
Franklin and White's article, "The
Future: Adult Education in Secondary Agriculture Programs," from
the
Sept.-Oct. 1999 issue of the Agricultural Education Magazine.
Why
do adults participate in adult education activities? Read Norland's
article,
"Why Do Adults
Participate,"
in the Fall 1992 issue of the Journal of Extension.
Is
Extension on target in meeting the educational needs of its clients?
See what Russell believes in "Swatting
Flies--Eating Elephants" in the October 1995 issue of the Journal
of Extension. Do young
farmers have educational needs? Read Trede and Whitaker's article,
"Beginning Farmer
Education in Iowa: Implications to Extension," in the October 1998
issue
of the Journal of Extension. What will
the Extension audience look like in the 21st century? Read Grogan's
article, "Targeting
Audiences for the 21st Century," in the Winter 1991 issue of the Journal
of Extension. Do older
Americans have learning needs? Read White's article, "Older
Rural Adult Learners," in the Winter 1987 issue of the Journal
of
Extension. Do the top 10 Forecasts for
the 21st Century have implications for adult education in
agriculture? View the
PowerPoint Presentation on The
Need for Adult Education in Agricultural and Extension Education.
Download
the presentation as a PowerPoint
file. |
Assignments:
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Complete Worksheet
3 and email to Dr. Kistler.
After
you finish this lesson, go to the course discussion board and respond to the
question posted (and at least one peer's response). Check the
Course
Requirements and the Assignment
List for due
dates. |