Relative Effectiveness of Selected Extension Teaching Methods and Their Combinations in Teaching Rural Aquaculturists
Relative Effectiveness of Selected Extension Teaching Methods and Their Combinations in Teaching Rural Aquaculturists
Date
2001
Authors
Ojha, J.S
Sinha, P.M
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
The present study revealed that among three individual extension methods (personal
contact, group discussion, bulletin), personal contact was most effective in convincing the
rural aquaculturists about the utility of an innovation. Bulletin occupied the last position
in the order of effectiveness. Among the combinations of two, personal contact and group
discussion resulted in maximum conviction regarding the merit of a new idea. The
combination of group discussion and bulletin appeared to be least effective. The combination
of personal contact, group discussion and bulletin proved significantly more effective than
any of the three extension methods either individually or in combinations of two. The
effectiveness of extension methods and their combinations was influenced by the level of
education of the people. It may be concluded that in making aquaculture innovations popular
with rural aquaculturists, better results can be achieved if the innovations are first exposed
to the fish farmers with high level of education who can act as key communicators and
multiply extension efforts
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Keywords
Extension methods, aquaculture
Citation
Fishery Techn 38(1):59-61