Fundamentals of Rural sociology and Educational Psychology

Week 1:
 Sociology and Rural sociology, extension education, agricultural extension –meaning and definitions.

 Importance of rural sociology in agricultural extension and their interrelationship 

Characteristics of Indian rural society differences and relationships between rural and urban societies

Social group(s) – classification – formation and organization of groups and role of social groups in agricultural extension

Interaction/Discussion

Week 2:
Social stratification – meaning – forms – class system and caste system.

Culture and different cultural concepts and their role in agricultural extension

Social values, social control and attitudes – types and their role in agricultural extension

Leadership – meaning – classification of leaders – roles of a leader and different methods in selection of a leader 

Interaction/Discussion

Week 3:
Training of leaders – lay and professional leaders

Leadership and agents of agricultural extension

Fundamentals of Educational Psychology and its relation to agriculture extension.

Intelligence – meaning – types – factors and importance in agricultural extension.

Interaction/Discussion

Week 4:
Personality – meaning – types – factors and importance in agricultural extension

Perception, emotions and frustration – meaning – types – factors and importance in agricultural extension.

Motivation – meaning and its relationship to agricultural extension

Teaching, learning, learning experience and learning situation5. Interaction/Discussion

Week 5:
Principles of learning and their implications in teaching – steps in extension teaching

Communication and models of communication process

Elements of communication and their characteristics

Types of communication – Verbal, Written and non-verbal

Interaction/Discussion

Week 6:
 Some concepts relating to communication

Extension teaching method: Meaning and definition

 Individual contact methods: Farm and home visit

 Group contact methods: Farm and home visit

 Interaction/Discussion

Week 7:
Group discussion – meaning – purposes – procedure

 Mass contact methods: Campaign – meaning – objectives – procedure advantages and limitations

 Radio – meaning – purposes – advantages and limitations

 Information Sources: Internet-Meaning-Purposes-Benefits and Limitations

 Interaction/Discussion

Week 8:
Call centres – Farmers Call Centre in Manipur and Kisan Call Centres

Adoption - Diffusion – Innovation

Innovation decision process – meaning– stages – concepts of dissonance and Rejection

Factors influencing adoption process – social, personal and situational

Interaction/Discussion

Week 9:
Farmers’ Training Centre (FTC) – objectives and trainings organized

Visit to a village to list out the taboos, folkways, rituals and social values in the Village

Administering psychological tests by students to assess the personality types of human beings.

Conducting role play technique by the students to exhibit different leadership styles.

Interaction/Discussion

Week 10:
 Exercise to create a learning situation under village conditions for a specific teaching activity.

 Exercise on training need assessment of farmers of a village

 Visit to a village for conducting a training programme

 Exercise on identification of potential agricultural technologies for enterprise set up.

 Interaction/Discussion