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Kumaran, M.; Vimala, D. Deboral; Chandrasekaran, V. S.; Alagappan, M.; Raja, S. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: Public-funded fisheries extension services have been blamed as poor and responsible for the slow pace of aquaculture development in India. The present investigation aimed to find concrete interventions to streamline the extension service by understanding the research-extension-farmer linkage indirectly in terms of information sources of…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Information Sources, Foreign Countries
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McCormack, Brendan; Henderson, Elizabeth; Boomer, Christine; Collin, Ita; Robinson, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action learning is being increasingly utilised as a strategy to underpin practitioner focused development and research projects in healthcare generally and nursing in particular. Whilst facilitators of and participants in action learning have a variety of resource materials to guide their practice and participation, there continue to be few…
Descriptors: Nurses, Learning Strategies, Experiential Learning, Nursing Education
Collingwood, Vaughn – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1979
Considers the planning of innovation in higher education from four viewpoints: the nature of the innovation, the planning process, educational planning, and higher education. In the absence of external pressures to change attitudes, planning of innovation seeks to create a favorable environment through altered organizational structures and…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Wilson, Valerie; McCormack, Brendan; Ives, Glenice – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action Learning is now a well established strategy for reflective inquiry in healthcare. Whilst a great deal is know about action learning there has been inadequate research on the process of learning that takes place, and the impact that this holds for individuals, groups or organisations. This article reports on the findings of 15-month action…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Inquiry