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Peer Groups and Focus Groups. Chris Mondak ISU Extension Dairy Field Specialist NW Iowa cmondak@iastate.edu. DISCLAIMER: Not an expert…still learning…work in progress. 1998- 2000. 2002-2011- “Fields plowed ”. DairyWomen Peer Group- 4 sessions yearly - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MANAGING Tough Times
Peer Groups and Focus Groups
Chris MondakISU Extension Dairy Field Specialist
NW Iowacmondak@iastate.edu
DISCLAIMER: Not an expert…still learning…work in progress.
MANAGING Tough Times
1998- 2000
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2002-2011- “Fields plowed”• DairyWomen Peer Group- 4 sessions
yearly• 4-5 Regional Focus Groups yearly; 2-3
sessions in the winter; occasional summer follow-on.
• Young Dairy Producers Peer Group• Decision-making Peer Group - 4-part series
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Outreach %
Relationship- building &Needs assessment
Quality of Impacts
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Some Key Principles of Learning(Likely at play in Peer Groups/Focus Groups)
Course Work at ISU - Learning Communities and College Teaching (psychology of learning)
• Learning is relational: interactions &
discussion enhances learning.• Learning happens when people have a
reason to learn.• All learners bring prior knowledge &
experience -- start where they’re at….• Reflection & processing advances learning.
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Strategic lecture or Powerpoint
Questions and Discussion
Thinking, Talking, Writing
Demonstrations
Hands-on Practice
Computers; Technology
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Content
SubjectArea
ProcessContent:
How we Learn
May I offer this hypothesis…
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A personal hunch about effective small group programming:
• The key change is not solely about how the educational program looks on the outside.
• Rather, the key shift is what happens in the educator while preparing and delivering the program.
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Caveats• Major undertaking -- Planning,
Recruitment, Program Development and Follow-through takes much TIME.
• Funding?
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Good learning environment
More advanced teaching & in-depth learning
Measurable results happen.
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The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having
new eyes. Marcel Proust
The End……
…or the Beginning?
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