ABSTRACT

Purpose

To analyse the experiential learning approach to induce attitudinal change in the Ethiopian agricultural extension system to transform services from a top-down teaching to a participatory and interactive way.

Design/Methodology/Approach

Reconstruction of three training of trainers’ pilot trainings in a regional Ethiopian extension system from 2017 to 2020. The article analyses authors’ reflections and trainees’ self-assessment of the process and learning outcomes in view of the experiential and transformative learning perspective.

Findings

The article showcases how theories are translated to concept development and application of an innovative training of trainers’ pilot. It describes the actors, processes, outcomes and main learnings of a repeated training of trainers. Experiential learning-based training has the potential to activate individual agents as starting points that enable transformative changes in the Ethiopian extension system. In order to increase that potential, such a design should consider the prerequisites inside the extension system and among its agents.

Practical implications

The study offers insights for practitioners working towards enhancing the competences of agricultural advisors. Based on learned lessons, it serves as a guidance in the design of training the trainer approaches in similar contexts and whenever reorganisation of advisory services is required.

Theoretical implications

There is a need to include the long-term dynamics of knowledge and attitudes between individuals and their organisations; the way how organisations learn and transform themselves and how systematic reflections can be used to better assess the effectiveness of innovative training methods for more participatory advisory systems.

Originality/Value

The iterative sequence of theories, concepts, application, and outcomes, and referring back to concepts, and the clear demonstration of peer learning processes.

中文翻译：

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将变革性学习方法转化为实践：以客户为中心的推广方法培训师试点培训案例

摘要

目的

分析在埃塞俄比亚农业推广系统中引发态度转变的体验式学习方法，以将服务从自上而下的教学转变为参与式和互动式。

设计/方法论/方法

2017年至2020年埃塞俄比亚地区推广系统中培训师试点培训的三场培训重建。文章从体验式和变革性学习的角度分析了作者的反思和学员对过程和学习成果的自我评估。

发现

本文展示了如何将理论转化为培训员飞行员创新培训的概念开发和应用。它描述了培训师重复培训的参与者、过程、结果和主要学习。基于体验式学习的培训有可能激活个体代理作为起点，从而实现埃塞俄比亚扩展系统的变革性变化。为了增加这种潜力，这样的设计应该考虑扩展系统内部及其代理之间的先决条件。

实际影响

该研究为致力于提高农业顾问能力的从业者提供了见解。根据吸取的经验教训，它可作为在类似情况下以及需要重组咨询服务时设计培训师方法的指南。

理论意义

有必要包括个人与其组织之间的知识和态度的长期动态；组织如何学习和改造自己，以及如何使用系统反思来更好地评估创新培训方法对更具参与性的咨询系统的有效性。

原创性/价值

理论、概念、应用和结果的迭代序列，以及对概念的回顾，以及对同伴学习过程的清晰展示。