Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in Nigeria
This paper described and contextualized participatory development of demand-driven curriculum for career-ready e-extension services in Nigeria as introduced by the Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education. The stages of participatory development were participatory need assessment, participatory...
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| author | Olanike Deji Solomon Adesoji Banji Adisa Abiodun Agboola Adedayo Ajayi Dorcas Alabi Julius Ayinde Olajide Filusi Toyin Ojo Oladimeji Oladele Aanuoluwapo Opayinka |
| author_facet | Olanike Deji Solomon Adesoji Banji Adisa Abiodun Agboola Adedayo Ajayi Dorcas Alabi Julius Ayinde Olajide Filusi Toyin Ojo Oladimeji Oladele Aanuoluwapo Opayinka |
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| description | This paper described and contextualized participatory development of demand-driven curriculum for career-ready e-extension services in Nigeria as introduced by the Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education. The stages of participatory development were participatory need assessment, participatory stakeholders’ workshop and validation among 124 stakeholders selected as key informants in relation to agricultural extension training, delivery, end users and policy makers. The stakeholders were grouped as follows: community leaders and policy makers; extension agencies / organisations / institutions / employers; farmers; input suppliers / marketers / agro-based traders / other value actors; and potential candidate groups. Stakeholder meetings were held separately with different groups three times, and then a combined meeting took place. The aggregated major decisions/consensus were subjected to content analysis using ATLAS.ti. The validation process included reading of each agreed decision to all participants, then participants indicated their agreement or otherwise, which led to either rejection or acceptance of the decision. This paper concludes that participatory curriculum development has enhanced the stakeholders to identify areas of demand-driven training in response to community needs. The stakeholders preferred more online than face-to-face training. The major perceived advantages of e-extension were reduced risk, time and cost effectiveness while infrastructural and human challenges were the perceived challenges that could possibly hinder the smooth running of e extension. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8a71b75a722747279755aa789d7f91982025-02-04T10:43:10ZengWarsaw University of Life Sciences PressZeszyty Naukowe Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego2081-69602544-06592021-09-0121310.22630/PRS.2021.21.3.10Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in NigeriaOlanike Deji0Solomon Adesoji1Banji Adisa2Abiodun Agboola3Adedayo Ajayi4Dorcas Alabi5Julius Ayinde6Olajide Filusi7Toyin Ojo8Oladimeji Oladele9Aanuoluwapo Opayinka10Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaSasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education, Addis AbabaObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, NigeriaThis paper described and contextualized participatory development of demand-driven curriculum for career-ready e-extension services in Nigeria as introduced by the Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education. The stages of participatory development were participatory need assessment, participatory stakeholders’ workshop and validation among 124 stakeholders selected as key informants in relation to agricultural extension training, delivery, end users and policy makers. The stakeholders were grouped as follows: community leaders and policy makers; extension agencies / organisations / institutions / employers; farmers; input suppliers / marketers / agro-based traders / other value actors; and potential candidate groups. Stakeholder meetings were held separately with different groups three times, and then a combined meeting took place. The aggregated major decisions/consensus were subjected to content analysis using ATLAS.ti. The validation process included reading of each agreed decision to all participants, then participants indicated their agreement or otherwise, which led to either rejection or acceptance of the decision. This paper concludes that participatory curriculum development has enhanced the stakeholders to identify areas of demand-driven training in response to community needs. The stakeholders preferred more online than face-to-face training. The major perceived advantages of e-extension were reduced risk, time and cost effectiveness while infrastructural and human challenges were the perceived challenges that could possibly hinder the smooth running of e extension.https://prs.sggw.edu.pl/article/view/2431participatory curriculumcareer- readye- extension servicesstakeholdersNigeria |
| spellingShingle | Olanike Deji Solomon Adesoji Banji Adisa Abiodun Agboola Adedayo Ajayi Dorcas Alabi Julius Ayinde Olajide Filusi Toyin Ojo Oladimeji Oladele Aanuoluwapo Opayinka Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in Nigeria Zeszyty Naukowe Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego participatory curriculum career- ready e- extension services stakeholders Nigeria |
| title | Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in Nigeria |
| title_full | Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in Nigeria |
| title_short | Participatory Development of Demand-Driven Curriculum for Career-Ready E-Extension Services in Nigeria |
| title_sort | participatory development of demand driven curriculum for career ready e extension services in nigeria |
| topic | participatory curriculum career- ready e- extension services stakeholders Nigeria |
| url | https://prs.sggw.edu.pl/article/view/2431 |
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