INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 3(2+1)

Lesson 8 : Individual Contact Methods

Demonstration

Among the communicational and educational techniques, ‘demonstrations’ are the oldest, best, and simplest tools for transmitting sophisticated technology in a simple and understandable form.

Objectives of the demonstrations

1. It provides the advantages of improved practices.
2. It brings the research to the doors of users.
3. It shows the worth, value and potentialities of techniques.
4. It dramatizes by arousing interest, creating desire motivating one to action, and finally to satisfaction.
5. It fires the imagination and provides convincing results.
6. It builds confidence in; i) scientific facts ii) extension workers and iii) cooperating farmers
7. It persuades neighbourers to adopt recommended practices by demonstrating proofs.
8. It is used as a vital media for communication, dissemination and diffusion of information.
9. It upholds the principles of ‘seeing is believing’ and ‘learning by doing’.
10. It develops local leadership.
11. It provides scientists with a ‘field laboratory’ and problem solving platform.
12. It accelerates and provides subject matter for training in the forms and use of extension methods.

In summary the demonstration is said to be successful if it changes the knowledge, skill, understanding and attitude of the clientele and can bring desirable changes in their total behaviour pertaining to the use of new practices or adoption of technology.

Demonstration may be;
(A) i) method demonstration ii) result demonstration
(B) i) Simple and ii) composite demonstration