Dictionary of Extension Education

Extension education is certainly one of the most rapidly advancing of the agricultural sciences, and probably no other field has stimulated so many diverse disciplines. The fact that extension education has attracted scientists from different spheres such as agriculture, animal husbandry, veterinary, agricultural engineering, home science, sociology, psychology, nutrition and health, journalism, rural management, forestry, nuclear and other scientists of diverse backgrounds to contribute to its development is one of the chief reasons for its prodigious growth. Such growth is of course, accompanied by a proliferation in terminology, and this terminology constitutes a problem to the beginning agriculture students. This dictionary guided by advice from students, teachers, and researchers takes a firm line and proposes in a number of cases a definition which seems to be accepted by reputable authorities. The students, teachers, researchers and all those interested in agriculture in general and extension education in particular will find many of the terms commonly encountered in the extension education and allied literature defined in this book, and that it will encourage the development of a vocabulary which will aid him in pursuing further studies in this fascinating field.