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المستخلص Rural development is considered as one of the main objectives of developing countries to raise the standard of living of its communities. Agriculture plays a main role in economical and social development through the different institutions includes Agricultural Extension. Agricultural Extension is responsible of transferring research results to beneficiaries and feeding back application problems to research to be solved. This role necessitates developing training programs for extension staff to qualify them to convey innovations to farmers using a variety of communication methods, audio visual aids and training techniques in order to change their knowledge or skills related to mental or physical abilities, Motives, tendencies, attitudes or values aiming to raise their performance in extension work and its efficiency and effectiveness. this study aims to: 1- Determine the differences between the average degree of Extension Training Experts Outside the Training Center (ETEOTC) preference regarding each of the nine studied combinations of Training Methods, Aids and Techniques (TMAT) when they select it to change trainees knowledge, and these combinations are: (1) lecture, (2) lecture and discussion, (3) lecture, discussion and photos, (4) lecture, discussion and video films, (5) lecture, discussion and slides of an overhead projector, (6) lecture, discussion and result, (7) demonstration, lecture, and discussion, (8) method demonstration, lecture and discussion, and (9) workshop, lecture and discussion. 2- Determine the differences between the average degree of ETEOTC preference regarding each the of nine studied TMA T combinations when they select it to change trainees knowledge. 3- Determine the differences between the average degree of Extension Training Experts Working in the Training Center (ETEWTC) preference regarding each of the nine studied TMAT combinations when they select it to change trainees attitudes. 4- Determine the differences between the average degree of ETEWTC preference regarding each of the nine studied TMAT when they select it to change trainees attitudes. 5- Determine the differences between the average degree of ETEOTC opinion regarding the effect of each of the nine studied TMA T combinations on changing trainees knowledge. 6- Determine the differences between the average degree of ETEOTC opinion regarding the effect of each of the nine studied TMA T combinations on changing trainees knowledge. 7- Determine the differences between the average degree of ETEWTC opinion regarding the effect of each of the nine studied TMA T combinations on changing trainees attitudes. 8- Determine the differences between the average degree of ETEWTC opinion regarding the effect of each of the nine studied TMA T combinations on changing trainees attitudes. Eight theoretical hypothesis were formulated to measure these objectives as well as another eight null hypothesis to test them. Two samples were drawn from the study population to collect the needed data as follows: a- Population and the sample of ETEWTC: All training experts working in extension training in the Central Administration of Agricultural Training were identified whether working in planing, implementation or evaluation of agricultural and extension training whom have at least 15 years of training experience. The population amounted to 275 experts from which a random sample was drawn of 40 experts rated to 14% of the population. .b..= Population and the sample ofETEOTC : All researchers having a professor and associate professor degree in the Egyptian universities were denitrified and so were the researchers having chief researcher and senior researcher working in the Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute and the Scientific Association for Agricultural Extension. The population amounted to 175 researcher from which a random sample was drawn of30 researchers rating to 17.14% of the population. Data were collected by personal interview using a questionnaire prepared for this purpose. The questionnaire composed of two parts, the first included the respondents of TMAT combinations preference to change trainees knowledge and attitudes in its changing stages. The second part the questionnaire included respondents opinion regarding the effect of each of the nine studied combinations of TMAT on changing trainees knowledge and attitudes in its changing stages. Data were tabulated and analyzed statistically using averages, Standard Deviation for respondents preference and opinions. (F) test was used to determine the difference between these average degrees. LSD was used to determine the significant difference between each pair of averages. The results of the study revealed the following:- 1- The most preferable TMAT by the respondents of the two samples to change trainees knowledge and attitudes included in general: beside lecture and discussion, either of the two kinds of demonstration, a video film, a workshop or slides of an . overhead proj ector as they indicated that it is the most effective to change trainees knowledge and attitudes. These TMAT were followed by photos, lecture and discussion, and lecture only as seen by them to have the least effect on changing trainees knowledge and attitudes. 2- The differences between the average degrees of ETEOTC preference for each of the TMA T combinations when selecting it to change trainees knowledge were significant at 0.01 level. Also, the differences between their opinions about these combinations effect on changing trainees knowledge were significant at 0.01 level 3- ’the differences between the average degree ofETEWTC preference of each of TMAT combinations when selecting it to change trainees knowledge were significant at 0.01 level, and the differences between their opinion about these combinations effect on changing trainees knowledge were significant at 0.01level. 4- The differences between the average degree of ETEOTC preference of each of TMA T combinations when selecting it to change trainees attitude were significant at 0.01 level, and the differences between their opinion about these combinations effect on changing trainees attitudes were significant at 0.01level. 5- The differences between the average degree ofETEWTC preference of each of TMA T combinations when selecting it to change trainees attitude were significant at 0.01 level, and the differences between their opinion about these combinations effect on changing trainees attitudes were significant at 0.01level. The applicable results of the study that might help improving extension training program in the future can be articulated as follows: It is important for the staff in charge of extension and training courses aiming to change trainees knowledge and attitudes that these programs would depend on the TMAT that this study indicated its effect on acknowledge of extension trainees for various types of information, and that were effective in various stages of attitude chance, as these TMAT has an integrated effect especially those TMA T that give the trainees the chance to participate in training activities, discussion, result -5- demonstration or method demonstration and include the usage of video films, slides of overhead projectors, photos, and lessens their dependency on lectures alone which the study revealed that it has a lower effect on changing training knowledge and attitudes. In addition, decision makers responsible for plans, policy and agricultural research programs whether in research centers, institutes or universities should consider investigating the preference and opinions of experts about the effect of TMAT that were not tested in this study while developing their research plans and programs and especially the areas that were not covered in this study, and to experiment their results on active use of TMAT in a real training situation with trainees. |