Next to the more animal-focused trainings, ATCI offers the study Training and extension. In this, the attendants learn how to plan more efficiency, train others on approaches and techniques and to develop and implement extension plans with farmers and extension worker.
When it comes to the extension part of the programme, the students get the chance to get to know various companies from the inside. This means that they make company visits, in multiple cases accompanied by trainer Ann Espeel. “These visits consist of a tour and explanatory talks about how things work in the concerning company. Thereafter, the students get the chance to interview the employees. They can ask about how they handle problems for example. Communication is a very important part of the training, in the sense of talking and listening.” With these visits, the students are encouraged to use what they have learned, and see how the particular situations in the businesses apply to their own experiences back home.
This is also implemented in the course in a practical way. During one of the lessons, the trainers give the trainees assignments with which they can measure, practice and improve their skills on transferring information and knowledge. “This can be in the shape of a presentation, which is possible in different formats, that is up to the students. But the idea is that they show how they exchange information and implement what they have learnt so far. And then evaluate each other and in that way learn from one another.”
The training part is both theoretical and practical oriented. Teus: “We teach them about how people learn and what way is most effective to transfer knowledge. Topics we talk about are for example learning goals and how to formulate them. But also how to improve planning, since that is something a lot of our students are interested in and are not very familiar with.” In a lot of African countries, teaching systems are very top down and the classes are very big, so for the students it is just about listening and trying to see how the information applies to their personal situation. “At ATCI we have small groups and there is a lot of room for discussion, questions and learning from each other’s experiences.
The Training and extension programme is taught in small groups, usually consisting of eight to ten people. These participants are usually employed at governmental institutions, like big governmental companies or educational institutions. During a period of four weeks, they are submerged in courses about how to develop a training program, subsequently carry it out and evaluate at the end. Teus Korevaar is one of the trainers involved with the course. “The course is mostly run by two members of the team at a time. One person focusses on the training part, so the part where they learn about designing a training for example, and the other one is mostly focused on the extension part.”
Next to the more animal-focused trainings, ATCI offers the study Training and extension. In this, the attendants learn how to plan more efficiency, train others on approaches and techniques and to develop and implement extension plans with farmers and extension worker.
When it comes to the extension part of the programme, the students get the chance to get to know various companies from the inside. This means that they make company visits, in multiple cases accompanied by trainer Ann Espeel. “These visits consist of a tour and explanatory talks about how things work in the concerning company. Thereafter, the students get the chance to interview the employees. They can ask about how they handle problems for example. Communication is a very important part of the training, in the sense of talking and listening.” With these visits, the students are encouraged to use what they have learned, and see how the particular situations in the businesses apply to their own experiences back home.
This is also implemented in the course in a practical way. During one of the lessons, the trainers give the trainees assignments with which they can measure, practice and improve their skills on transferring information and knowledge. “This can be in the shape of a presentation, which is possible in different formats, that is up to the students. But the idea is that they show how they exchange information and implement what they have learnt so far. And then evaluate each other and in that way learn from one another.”
The training part is both theoretical and practical oriented. Teus: “We teach them about how people learn and what way is most effective to transfer knowledge. Topics we talk about are for example learning goals and how to formulate them. But also how to improve planning, since that is something a lot of our students are interested in and are not very familiar with.” In a lot of African countries, teaching systems are very top down and the classes are very big, so for the students it is just about listening and trying to see how the information applies to their personal situation. “At ATCI we have small groups and there is a lot of room for discussion, questions and learning from each other’s experiences.
The Training and extension programme is taught in small groups, usually consisting of eight to ten people. These participants are usually employed at governmental institutions, like big governmental companies or educational institutions. During a period of four weeks, they are submerged in courses about how to develop a training program, subsequently carry it out and evaluate at the end. Teus Korevaar is one of the trainers involved with the course. “The course is mostly run by two members of the team at a time. One person focusses on the training part, so the part where they learn about designing a training for example, and the other one is mostly focused on the extension part.”