scholarly journals Making Action Easier: Behavioral Economics and Nudges for Extension Professionals

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Laura A. Sanagorski Warner ◽  
Kathryn Stofer ◽  
Hayk Khachatryan
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Behavioral Economics ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Extension Professionals ◽  
The Way

As Extension turns more to effecting behavior change beyond simply raising awareness or understanding concerns, how do we not only help clientele make a change, but make it easier? Behavioral economics principles can improve the way we present options to clients, increasing the likelihood of them choosing desirable behaviors. This new 3-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication offers an introduction to these concepts as well as practical strategies for setting up the environment for change. Written by Laura Warner, Kathryn Stofer, and Hayk Khachatryan. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc343

scholarly journals Tapping into Residents’ Perceptions to Diffuse Landscape Water Conservation and Protection Practices

EDIS ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colby Silvert ◽  
Laura Warner ◽  
Matt Benge ◽  
John Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Landscape Conservation ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations Theory ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Landscape Water ◽  
Extension Professionals ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities

This new 4-page article provides real examples of how university researchers used the Diffusion of Innovations theory to analyze Florida residents’ perceptions of landscape conservation and fertilizer behaviors and identify barriers and opportunities to encourage widespread adoption. The information and recommendations are intended for Extension professionals and other practitioners to promote behavior change in household landscaping practices. Written by Colby Silvert, Laura Warner, Matt Benge, and John Diaz and published by the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc405

scholarly journals Strategically Selecting Behaviors That Impact the Problem: An Approach Drawn from Social Marketing

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Sanagorski Warner ◽  
John M. Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Extension Professionals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Behavior Selection

Extension professionals and other practitioners address a wide variety of complex issues by providing education and encouraging behavior change using innovative strategies. The importance of prioritizing potential behaviors and selecting those with high expected impact cannot be overemphasized. However, behavior selection can be complicated because there are many solutions for any problem in a particular context. Using an approach drawn from social marketing to develop activities aimed at changing or maintaining people’s behavior, Extension professionals and other practitioners can prioritize behaviors by mathematically calculating anticipated weights that will help focus efforts around key behaviors with the potential to make the greatest impact. This new 6-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication provides an overview of a process to collect and analyze the impact and the likelihood of adoption to help Extension professionals decide on behaviors for a campaign or intervention. Written by Laura A. Warner and John M. Diaz.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc375

scholarly journals Agricultural family schools in the «Pampa Gringa», historical traces between the particular and the universal

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-161
Author(s):  
Myriam Southwell
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Conceptual Debate ◽  
Alternative Modality ◽  
The Way

Agricultural Family Schools have been the way to concretize a model of pedagogy of alternation, an education modality that has been little investigated from a historical point of view. This article aims to present the emergence of alternating pedagogy in Europe, its influence in the South American territory, and to analyse in more detail its expansion in Argentina from the late 1960s. We are interested in dwelling on these alternative modes of conceiving and building schools not only because of their value as a contribution to agricultural education at the secondary level, but also as a contribution to research on specific historical experiences which constitute areas for inscription of school innovations, pedagogical debates, struggles and resistance (McLeod, 2014). Likewise, we are interested in analysing this alternative modality of schooling from the conceptual debate on the tension between the particular and the universal, which is expressed in this different way of conceiving teaching and learning and analysing the hegemony of the school format (Southwell, 2008). To do this, we carry out a historical analysis of the testimonies that recorded the emergence, debates and expansion of these institutions, as well as the educational concepts that were configured in the historical journey developed until today.

scholarly journals The reflective information literacy educator

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Whitworth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Way

The shift in perception, from librarians as providers of information to librarians as educators in the effective use of information, requires the profession to become aware of differing approaches to the development of teaching and of the professional consciousness of educators: also of the way certain forms of teaching and CPD are privileged over others within higher education institutions, and why. This paper reports on and synthesises a range of theoretical works in this area, to explain how becoming an effective information literacy educator requires not just an awareness of practice, but developing it, through a continous interaction between theory and practice. The librarian-as-educator must engage in professional development practices which, ultimately, require the continuous questioning of the very foundations of IL, and work actively towards raising awareness of these processes throughout their institutions.

Transforming tertiary agricultural education in Africa

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Collaborative Effort ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Way ◽  
Education In Africa

Abstract This book is the culmination of a collaborative effort to develop an updated volume providing (i) sound analyses of current trends and developments in the tertiary agricultural education (TAE) sector and (ii) direction and focus for future initiatives to strengthen the sector in Africa. Part I (chapter 1) begins with an introduction on agriculture and education within the context of global and continental development goals. Part II (chapters 2-5) presents the sectoral and institutional context underlying TAE. Part III (chapters 6-16) focuses on the pathways of transforming TAE in Africa. Part IV (chapter 17) discusses the way forward for implementing the transformation.

scholarly journals Pet rodents as possible risk for leptospirosis, Belgium and France, 2009 to 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (43) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcella Mori ◽  
Pascale Bourhy ◽  
Marine Le Guyader ◽  
Marjan Van Esbroeck ◽  
Zorée Djelouadji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Direct Contact ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Zoonotic Disease ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Rats And Mice ◽  
Pet Rodents ◽  
The Way

Leptospirosis is an under-reported and emerging zoonotic disease which is potentially fatal in humans. Rodents are the main reservoirs for pathogenic Leptospira spp., but diagnosis in these animals is difficult, and their infection, which does not induce symptoms, usually goes unoticed. Although the exposures of most human cases of leptospirosis are poorly documented, we were able to identify six human cases of leptospirosis which were associated with direct contact with pet rodents (mice or rats) in Belgium and France between 2009 and 2016. All cases had severe disease and for all, the presence of Leptospira spp. DNA in the kidneys of their pet animals was confirmed, strongly suggesting that excretion of leptospires in urine was the way of transmission. Half of the cases shared the serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae, which is usually associated with severe disease, with the pet rats which they were in contact with. With the popularity of rats and mice as pets, this study should contribute to raising awareness on asymptomatic pet rodents as a source of Leptospira infections.

scholarly journals Program Evaluation Challenges for Early-Career Extension Professionals: What Can You Do to Reduce the Stress?

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Diaz ◽  
Laura A. Sanagorski Warner
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Extension Professionals

This article outlines meaningful strategies to overcome the program evaluation challenges that early-career Extension professionals face. The strategies outlined in this article are grounded in the experiences of Extension professionals in three states (Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania) and center on providing solutions to the challenges that newer Extension professionals felt were the most important to address, in order to provide a manageable framework for agents to use. This new five-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication was written by John Diaz and Laura Warner. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc335

scholarly journals The Road to Recovery #1: Introduction

EDIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cody Gusto ◽  
Colby Silvert ◽  
John Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Education ◽  
The Road ◽  
Outreach Education ◽  
Extension Professionals

This first publication in the Road to Recovery series provides a brief introduction to some core concerns and considerations for Extension professionals as they adapt their outreach, education, and evaluation efforts during a pandemic and recovery. This new 3-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication also includes an overview of the subsequent articles in the Road to Recovery series. Written by Cody Gusto, Colby Silvert, and John Diaz.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc379

scholarly journals Overview of Extension Program Planning Models

EDIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Diaz ◽  
Cody Gusto ◽  
David Diehl
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
History Of ◽  
Program Plan ◽  
Extension Professionals ◽  
Extension Program

The use of program plan development models within Extension has a long history of application based on environmental context, interest, and perceived value. The purpose of this 6-page article is to articulate a comparative overview of the various program planning models designed and employed by Extension professionals in education contexts. Written by John Diaz, Cody Gusto, and David Diehl and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, January 2018. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc289

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