Learning situation, learning objectives, learning experiences

Learning Situation

          An effective learning situation requires the following essential elements:

•       An instructor (an extension worker)

•      Learners (the farmers)

•      Subject-matter (research recommendations)

•      Teaching material (black-board, charts, models, samples, slides, etc.)

•      Physical facilities (sitting arrangements, accommodation, good visibility etc.)

Learning Objectives

Any purposeful teaching has specific objectives which must contain four basic elements:

•      People to be taught,

•      Behavioral changes to be made,

•      Subject matter to be taught and

•      Action to be take place.

Learning Experience

A learning experience is defined as the mental or physical reaction one makes in a learning situation through;

•      seeing,

•      hearing or

performing activities during a learning process.