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Learn Fundamentals of Agriculture Extension with Rahul
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  • Philosophy of extension education includes the principles or guidelines with which to shape the
  • developmental programmes relating to that field.
  • It provides to extension worker the basis for working out the programmes and the policies to be adopted in extension work.
  • Extension philosophy is based on the hypothesis that rural people are intelligent in obtaining new
  • information and at the same time have a keen desire to utilize this information for their individual and collective welfare.
  • Extension has a philosophy of culture:

a. It respects culture of people. b. It brings about cultural change through development.

  • Extension has a philosophy of social progress:

a. Its works is based on needs and desires of the people b. It helps people to adjust with them.

  • Extension has the philosophy of education for all:

Disseminate useful knowledge to all people regardless of personal, social and economic characteristics.

  • Extension has a philosophy concerning teaching:

a. It teaches by doing:

i) Hearing – doubtful ii) Seeing – possibly doubtful iii) Do – believe

  • Extension has a philosophy of leadership:

a. Teaches, educates, and stimulates people through local leaders.

b. Utilizes assistance of voluntary leaders.

c. Locates, trains, and uses functional leaders.

  • Extension has philosophy of local responsibility:

a. Encourages people to contribute increasingly in their own affairs.

b. Prepares suitable leaders to determine programmes and plans.

  • Extension has philosophy about truth:

a. Sells only proven facts.

b. Realize that going beyond truth will lose people’s faith in extension.

c. Continuously seeks new truth as today’s whole truth may be tomorrow’s partial truth.

  • Extension has philosophy of democracy:

a. Functions only with voluntary co-operation of the people.

b. Co-operation with the individuals, groups and institutions interested in common welfare.

c. Selects and solves the problems based on the felt needs through group action.

d. Democratic in organization.

  • Extension has philosophy of a dignity of individual and his profession:

a. Believes that each individual is endowed certain unchallengeable rights.

b. Dignifies the farm, home and family.

c. Holds that changed man is more important than the changed practice.

  • Extension personnel have philosophical characteristics:

a. Extension personnel have the right attitude, integrity, and high sense of service.

b. Extension personnel have deep faith that man does not alive with bread alone

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