INTRODUCTION TO SELPS | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

ARI 1201

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

School:

School of Agricultural Sciences

Department:

Agribusiness & Natural Resource Economics

Course Discipline:

Agriculture

Course Description & Objectives:

SELPs differ substantially from the regular research projects in that SELPs involve both “action” and “research” – action to improve farmers’ welfare and research to increase knowledge. Students identify farmers’ needs using gender sensitive participatory approaches, design extension projects to address those needs, implement the projects, monitor and evaluate the projects throughout the process.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course students should be able to:

Describe the principles of action research
Develop and design an action research project
Integrate and apply the principles of experiential learning into action research

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