INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY 3(2+1)

Lesson 11 : Group Methods

Summary

1. Small group training is a technique of imparting specific skills to a group of people who need them by creating an appropriate learning situation.
2. Field day or Farmer’s day is a method of motivating the people to adopt a new practice by showing what has actually been achieved by applying the practice under field conditions
3. Study Tour is a group of interested persons accompanied and guided by one or more extension agents out of their neighborhood to study and learn significant improvements in farm and home elsewhere
4. Group discussion is an organized activity which involves free exchange of ideas to explore the causes and possible solutions of a common problem of a number of people
5. Field trips are an excellent means of providing opportunities to participants to observe and experience things/ objects/activities in natural settings.