Study on Gain in Knowledge through Different Combination of Teaching Methods and their Association with Selected Socio-economic Factors
Ranjay Kumar Singh *
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chatra, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, India.
Dharma Oraon
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chatra (Jharkhand), India.
Anjani Kumar
ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Patna (Zone- IV), India.
Amrendra Kumar
ICAR-ATARI Zone IV Patna, Bihar – 801506, India.
Kumar Priya Ranjan
DNS, Regional Institute of Cooperative Management, Shastri Nagar, Patna 23, India.
Zunaid Alam
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chatra (Jharkhand), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chatra for two years i.e. 2018-19& 2019-20 to find out the effectiveness of the different combinations of teaching tools on knowledge gain by vegetable growers farmers of the district. Farmers trained through a combination of teaching method i.e. group meeting + lecture + exposure visit (TO3) gained higher level of knowledge score (70%) followed by a medium level of knowledge score (30%).Positive and significant relationship had been observed between the knowledge gain and annual income of the respondent's group who received training through group meeting + lecture + exposure visit.Respondent education and gain in knowledge by lecture method, lecture + exposure visit, and group meeting + lecture + exposure visit had positive and significant association.
Keywords: Socio-economic factors, teaching methods, agriculture education, social psychologists