Abstract:
The mam purpose of the study was to determine the extent of effective use of
extension teaching methods by the Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer (SAAO)
of DAE and to explore the relationships between the selected charactenstics of
the respondents and their effective use of extension teaching methods. The
study was conducted in Kajpur upazila under Sirajganj distnct. Data were
collected from 50 SAAOs by using a pre-tested interview schedule dunng the
penod from September 15 to October 15, 2007 Appropriate scales were
developed to measure the variables of the study. Correlauonts) test was used to
ascertain the relationships between the concerned independent and dependent
vanables of the study The find mg of the study revealed that highest proportion
(56 percent) of the respondents had moderately effective use of extension
teaching methods compared to 18 and 26 percent having less effective use and
highly effective use of extension teaching methods respectively Correlation
analysis indicated that four out of six characteristics of the SAA.Os namely, in
service tram mg, media contact, job satisfaction and JOb performance had
significant positive relatronships with their effective use of extension teaching
methods Other two characteristics of the SAAOs namely, service length and
JOb facilities had no significant relationshrp with their effective use of
extension teaching methods.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
