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Educational Needs of North Carolina Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners and Barriers to Meeting These Needs
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Bardon, Robert E.; Peters, Kristin; Parajuli, Rajan; Jayaratne, K. S. U. – Journal of Extension, 2023
Forest landowners are an important target audience for many state Extension programs. Acknowledging the differences and associations between landownership values, characteristics, and educational preferences of forest landowners should lead to improvement of educational programs and ensuring that educational needs are being met. Through an…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Forestry, Forestry Occupations, Land Settlement
Existing Data Sources as Tools for Entry-Stage Extension Professionals
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Caillouet, Olivia; Benge, Matt; Harder, Amy – Journal of Extension, 2020
Due to the nature of Extension, work across counties differs because efforts are grounded in the needs of a community and intentional programming helps address these needs. A common competency required for entry-stage Extension professionals is program development, which includes planning, design, implementation, and evaluation. Understanding a…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Job Skills, Program Development
A Framework for Identifying Implementation Issues Affecting Extension Human Sciences Programming
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Abell, Ellen; Cummings, Rebekah; Duke, Adrienne M.; Marshall, Jennifer Wells – Journal of Extension, 2015
Extension programs based on identified needs, relevant theory, and solid research too often fail to realize their objectives. Program implementation is acknowledged to contribute to program effectiveness, yet systematic attention has not been paid to the array of implementation issues that can complicate achieving program goals. We developed the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Implementation, Identification, Fidelity
The Data Party: Involving Stakeholders in Meaningful Data Analysis
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Franz, Nancy K. – Journal of Extension, 2013
A hallmark of Extension includes the involvement of stakeholders in research and program needs assessment, design, implementation, evaluation, and reporting. A data party can be used to enhance this stakeholder involvement specifically in data analysis. This type of event can not only increase client participation in Extension programming and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Stakeholders, Extension Education, Needs Assessment
Examining Extension's Capacity in Community Resource and Economic Development: Viewpoints of Extension Administrators on the Role of Community Resource and Economic Development in the Extension Portfolio
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Urbanowitz, Seth C.; Wilcox, Michael D., Jr. – Journal of Extension, 2013
The survey-based research reported here offers insights on community, resource, and economic development (CRED) Extension programming at the national and regional level. The results present a national picture of CRED programming, research, and potential future programming opportunities that Extension could capitalize on. The research shows that…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Extension Education, Community Resources, Administrator Attitudes
Needs and Priorities: The Specialists' Role.
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Burcalow, Harry B.; And Others – Journal of Extension, 1981
Explains how the authors designed and taught a course dealing with special problems faced by extension specialists in assessing needs and determining program priorities. The authors believe that inservice education dealing with these areas is needed, appropriate, and would be attended by extension specialists. (CT)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Inservice Education