Factors affecting selection and use of extension teaching methods

The selection of teaching methods will be conditional on certain overlapping considerations.

1. Number of people who make the extension clientele in the area
2. Emphasis to be placed upon the alternatives of influencing a large number of people or influencing a small number of people
3. The size of extension staff and amount of supporting specialist assistance
4. The availability of certain communication media eg newspaper, radio, TV

Audience based consideration

• Size, Age, ethnicity, caste, income level, and social status of the audience
• Educational change expected in the people
• Extent to which people already know and change expected in the learners

Agency based consideration

• Size of manpower, financial and other resources
• Geographical coverage
• Number of people to be involved
• Content consideration
• Personality and skills of the workers

Teacher and tools-based consideration

• Amount of time the teacher expects to devote
• Availability of communication media and complexity of the methods each other

Subject matter-based consideration

• The nature of the complexity of the subject matter: old/new, simple/complex
• Relative economic and social importance of the subject matter
• The relative effectiveness of the methods