Impact of a Professional Development Experience Focused on Extension Educators as Change Agents

Autor/inn/en	Scott, Meagan; Weeks, William G.; Weeks, Penny P.
Titel	Impact of a Professional Development Experience Focused on Extension Educators as Change Agents
Quelle	In: Journal of Extension, 56 (2018) 6, (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-5315
Schlagwörter	Extension Education; Extension Agents; Change Agents; Professional Development; Workshops; Computer Simulation; Program Effectiveness; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Role; Oklahoma + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	Extension educators should think of themselves as change agents, yet many act as information dispensers. Accordingly, we sought to determine whether we could change perceptions of county Extension educators in Oklahoma regarding their function as change agents. Educators participated in a two-part (two-treatment) professional development experience involving a workshop and a computer simulation. The experience was grounded in Rogers's diffusion of innovations theory and addressed nine established Extension educator change-agent roles. Participants ranked the importance of the roles prior to the experience and again following each treatment. Their perceptions changed regarding only the "Alternative Delivery Systems" role. We explore the imperative to improve Extension agents' understanding of how to be change agents. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Extension Journal, Inc. e-mail: joe-ed@joe.org; Web site: http://www.joe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01