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Forging One Extension System, Ruth M. Conone Dec 1992

Forging One Extension System, Ruth M. Conone

Journal of Extension

By articulating system rather than program foci, by communicating impacts and budget requests in a systems framework, and by identifying the relationships among educational efforts rather than the discrete entities within our system, we can become increasingly known as one system addressing key needs of people.

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Day Care Training Reaches Underserved Clientele, Stephen F. Duncan Dec 1992

Day Care Training Reaches Underserved Clientele, Stephen F. Duncan

Journal of Extension

...day care business programs can provide useful education for audiences often underserved by Extension.

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Postcard Newsletter Evaluation, Sanford S. Smith, Nancy-Ellen Kiernan Dec 1992

Postcard Newsletter Evaluation, Sanford S. Smith, Nancy-Ellen Kiernan

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Using a simple and inexpensive but carefully designed postcard survey, we evaluated The Woodlander, a one-page, monthly newsletter written for private nonindustrial forestland owners in three northwestern Pennsylvania counties.

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Teen Community Leadership College, Susan Hodson Dec 1992

Teen Community Leadership College, Susan Hodson

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With the help of an FCL volunteer, five county 4-H Extension agents designed and coordinated an intensive three-day leadership training for 22 teenagers selected by their county agents.

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The Me I Can Be, Maxine E. Casey, Mary Ellen Waltemire Dec 1992

The Me I Can Be, Maxine E. Casey, Mary Ellen Waltemire

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A one-day youth program like this offers an excellent way for county agents to begin addressing the youth at risk issue.

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Worksite Programming, Sharon P. Blase Dec 1992

Worksite Programming, Sharon P. Blase

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Meeting challenges by creating new program methods can be risky...Worksite outreach will be among the new methods used by Extension to attract new audiences, discuss new issues, and strengthen accountability.

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High Potential Of Low-Power Radio, Bruce Deyoung Dec 1992

High Potential Of Low-Power Radio, Bruce Deyoung

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New communication tools can enable audiences to receive customized information at their convenience. A case in point is the innovative use of low-power radio for outreach in the Pacific Northwest.

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Knowledge Retention From A One-Time Program, Beth D. Gaydos Dec 1992

Knowledge Retention From A One-Time Program, Beth D. Gaydos

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This study suggests that reinforcement of concepts is needed if consumers are to retain knowledge about dietary fats and cholesterol. The same could be true for many complex subjects treated in one-time Extension programs.

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Measuring The Success Of Teacher Training, Josephine Turner, Rebecca J. Travnichek Dec 1992

Measuring The Success Of Teacher Training, Josephine Turner, Rebecca J. Travnichek

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This project was done to address a serious problem in America-many people don't know how to manage their financial resources. Teachers, however, often feel insecure when faced with teaching financial management concepts to students.

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Editor's Page, E M. R Dec 1992

Editor's Page, E M. R

Journal of Extension

The Board of Directors has begun a pilot study to examine electronic delivery of the Journal through Internet, which may ultimately reduce our production costs. This issue is the first to be placed on the system, and should be accessible to any person connected to the Internet.

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Developing Life Skills In Youth, Barry L. Boyd, Don R. Herring, Gary E. Briers Dec 1992

Developing Life Skills In Youth, Barry L. Boyd, Don R. Herring, Gary E. Briers

Journal of Extension

This research indicates participation in the 4-H program is positively related to perceived leadership life skill development. The study also indicated that the level of leadership life skill development increased as the level of 4-H participation increased.

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Who's Responsible For Computer Competence?, Donald Z. Goode Jr, Graydon Ed Elliott Dec 1992

Who's Responsible For Computer Competence?, Donald Z. Goode Jr, Graydon Ed Elliott

Journal of Extension

County level personnel and secretarial staff must be encouraged to take more responsibility for their own computer-related competence and to take advantage of training opportunities. Only through cooperative acceptance of responsibility can personnel develop and maintain the technological competence required to keep Extension competitive in the educational marketplace.

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Calendar Delivers Environmental Issues Information, Diane Relf Dec 1992

Calendar Delivers Environmental Issues Information, Diane Relf

Journal of Extension

An Extension calendar can provide timely information and repeated exposure to reinforce the importance of this educational message.

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Editor's Page, E M. R Oct 1992

Editor's Page, E M. R

Journal of Extension

One of the questions I'm asked most frequently is how the special section is determined for each issue of the Journal. The short answer is-it emerges. Manuscripts on an amazingly wide variety of topics are submitted for review. Underlying that variety, however, is the "deep structure" of Extension work that connects us. This issue features a special section on approaches to economic development.

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Why Adults Participate, Emmalou Van Tillburg Norland Oct 1992

Why Adults Participate, Emmalou Van Tillburg Norland

Journal of Extension

A 1987 study of Ohio Cooperative Extension Service surveyed Extension clientele who had been involved in a variety of Extension programs. Five factors emerged from the principal-component factor analysis of responses to items related to participation. They were: low anticipated difficulties with arrangements, high commitments to the Extension organization, anticipated positive social involvement, anticipated high quality of the information, and possession of high internal motivation to learn.

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Teaching Consumer Credit At Home, Chere Campbell Gibson, Linda A. Boelter, Laurie Johnson Boyce, Joan E. Lefebvre Oct 1992

Teaching Consumer Credit At Home, Chere Campbell Gibson, Linda A. Boelter, Laurie Johnson Boyce, Joan E. Lefebvre

Journal of Extension

Consumers need to know how to manage their credit. Yet, many barriers keep people from participating in consumer credit classes. These barriers include lack of time and money, inconvenient scheduling or location of classes, and even lack of confidence. To meet the educational need while also addressing barriers to participation, University of Wisconsin-Extension faculty developed Using Credit Wisely, an audio- and print-based consumer credit distance education program.

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Learning Preferences And Farm Computer Use, R Keith Iddings, Jerold W. Apps Oct 1992

Learning Preferences And Farm Computer Use, R Keith Iddings, Jerold W. Apps

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How much farmers use their computers is influenced by many factors. The ways in which a person with unique attitudes and preferences goes about learning the computer may be a particularly powerful influence. If farmers don't learn successfully, they can't efficiently use computers. Moreover, if the learning methods used in the task are distasteful, the chances of upgrading skill beyond a rudimentary level dwindle.

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Working With Local Nonprofit Organizations, Kathleen Parrott, Deborah Engelen-Eigles Oct 1992

Working With Local Nonprofit Organizations, Kathleen Parrott, Deborah Engelen-Eigles

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With the increasing dependence on local organizations for the provision of housing services, Extension professionals have an important opportunity to use their knowledge and skills to benefit their communities. This poses a challenge not only to individual organizations and Extension units, but to the whole Extension System. To meet this challenge, the system needs to re-examine how it can fulfill its mission and develop a flexibility to reach down into American communities to help them respond to the challenges they face in the '90s.

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Aquaculture Opportunities, Fred L. Snyder Oct 1992

Aquaculture Opportunities, Fred L. Snyder

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Fish farming, or aquaculture, has strong potential to become one of America's growth industries in the coming decades. It offers Extension an opportunity to play a leading role in the development and dissemination of much-needed, localized technology. For Extension, aquaculture demonstration can mean a challenging new program of applied research and teaching that brings new faces into the ranks of Extension clientele.

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Starting A County Agricultural Marketing Program, Paul Vossen Oct 1992

Starting A County Agricultural Marketing Program, Paul Vossen

Journal of Extension

A county-based marketing program, which includes a "Sonoma County Select" seal, has recently been created to increase consumer demand for these products by enhancing awareness of the great diversity and quality of the county's agricultural products. Extension provided Sonoma County's agricultural community with an opportunity to work together. Similar cooperative marketing programs could be successful in other areas of the county.

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A Multidisciplinary Model For Industry Support, Betty G. Dillard, Barbara Froke, Kitty G. Dickerson Oct 1992

A Multidisciplinary Model For Industry Support, Betty G. Dillard, Barbara Froke, Kitty G. Dickerson

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In response to a reduction in the number of regional textile and apparel management specialists serving Missouri communities, the Extension Textile and Apparel Management Program was redirected to provide support primarily to apparel manufacturers and retailers. An open state specialist position was filled in the Spring of 1991 to lead the newly established Missouri Textile and Apparel Center (MO-TAC). The mission of MO-TAC is to positively affect Missouri's economy by helping manufacturers and retailers of apparel and sewn products improve their competitive position.

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An Emphasis On Diversity In Ces, Curtis Gear Oct 1992

An Emphasis On Diversity In Ces, Curtis Gear

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A multicultural organization is built on both diversity and pluralism. The emphasis on diversity isn't a repackaged version of Extension's Civil Rights programs. There's much talk about diversity throughout the system. Now is the time to convert talk to action.

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Diversity Involves Us All, Leodrey Williams Oct 1992

Diversity Involves Us All, Leodrey Williams

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...all actors in the educational arena will have to play their roles well, from those above the Extension director or administrator level to agents on the firing line...Those setting policy and making decisions about Extension will also reflect the diversity of our nation.

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Alternatives: Get Mad, Give Up, Make Changes, Rachel Tompkins Oct 1992

Alternatives: Get Mad, Give Up, Make Changes, Rachel Tompkins

Journal of Extension

While it's convenient to wall ourselves off from the "thems" who have or cause problems elsewhere, the reality is that the problems are everywhere that racism, intolerance, and negative attitudes toward anyone different are allowed to flourish. I'm proud of the Cooperative Extension System for explicitly tackling diversity.

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Global Trends In Extension Privatization, William Rivera Oct 1992

Global Trends In Extension Privatization, William Rivera

Journal of Extension

An international perspective helps us understand and appreciate the present institutional re-evaluation and evolution occurring in the U.S. Cooperative Extension System. As this brief introduction suggests, the reasons underlying the critical attack on financing the system aren't only a national phenomenon, but part of larger forces for change operating internationally.

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China's Extension System, Frederick W. Crook Oct 1992

China's Extension System, Frederick W. Crook

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The rapid expansion of technical contracts in China reflects fundamental changes in the rural economic system. Agricultural technical contracts likely will accelerate the spread of technology, boost output, and change supply and demand conditions in China, which will affect U.S. agricultural trade.

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Agent Effectiveness In Nigeria, Chukwudi Obinne Oct 1992

Agent Effectiveness In Nigeria, Chukwudi Obinne

Journal of Extension

Knowledge of the success of a program in agriculture should enable agricultural policy makers and government agencies to strengthen or re-adjust existing programs to enhance greater program efficiency. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the level of effectiveness of extension agents in Nigeria with respect to selected abilities.

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Educating The Individual Or The Collective?, Gregory K. Hutchins Oct 1992

Educating The Individual Or The Collective?, Gregory K. Hutchins

Journal of Extension

Most of Extension's educational efforts since World War II have centered on changing individuals. Extension's current focus on issues-based programming is forcing a re-examination of this approach and the consideration of additional options. The expert-to-individual model of education can benefit the person who interacts with the expert, but Extension doesn't have the resources to use that model everywhere a need exists.

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Flavor Of Youthful Innovation, Sherry C. Betts Oct 1992

Flavor Of Youthful Innovation, Sherry C. Betts

Journal of Extension

The young people participated in a developmental process they can use again and again in their clubs, schools, and communities on any problem or issue. They shared some creative, silly, brave, new, harebrained, brilliant ideas with the adults in the group to create something new and valuable. Both the process and the report have implications for all of Extension's National Initiatives-not just Youth at Risk.

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Reducing Dietary Fat-With Humor, Karen Ensle-Mondrone Oct 1992

Reducing Dietary Fat-With Humor, Karen Ensle-Mondrone

Journal of Extension

"Lower Your Cholesterol" helps the consumer understand the nature and digestion of fats/cholesterol in the diet. The Mr. Oilbee character emphasizes an increase in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables accompanied by a decrease in total dietary fat. Examples of teaspoons of fat in foods helped participants visualize adding fat in the daily diet. The program makes learning fun by adding some humor to a serious subject. Humor revitalizes the attention span, increases subject-matter retention, promotes comprehension, reduces anxiety, and enhances the effectiveness of Extension teaching.

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