NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
14/16 AHMADU BELLO WAY, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MARCH/APRIL 2014 EXAMINATION
COURSE CODE: AEM 405
COURSE TITLE: EXTENSION TRAINING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTION: I. ANSWER FIVE QUESTIONS IN ALL
II. ALL QUESTIONS ATTRACT EQUAL MARKS
1. (a) Expatiate on the philosophy upon which Agricultural extension is based. (15 marks)
(b) Elucidate on Pre-service training (5 marks)
2. (a) Extension principles have been defined as guidelines for the conduct of extension work and certain principles may be considered as part of extension philosophy. Elaborate. (15 marks)
(b) List 10 roles of a facilitator (5 marks)
3. (a) Discuss three important functions of Extension Education. (12 marks)
(b) List the basic principles that govern the conduct of extension work. (3 marks)
© What are Case Studies? (5 marks)
4. (a) Although extension programmes may vary in their details from country to country,
all extension services have common interests. Discuss. (15 marks)
(b) Highlight the variety of training methods available to a trainer (5 marks)
5. (a) Expatiate on the levels of objectives in extension (15 marks)
(b) What is the concept of Progress Appraisal all about? (5 marks)
6. (a) Write notes on important keys required for successful extension training. (15 marks).
(b) List the common criteria that should be adopted when evaluating a training program.(3 marks)
(c) List the benefits of extension evaluation (2 marks)
7. (a) Training programmes are important in Nigeria just as in most developing countries however, not much has come out of them. What can you advance as possible reasons? (10 marks)
(b) What is Knowledge and skill-gap analysis all about? (10 marks)
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