Factors Affecting Rural Facilitators’ Role: Iran
| dc.creator | Azimi, Farideh | |
| dc.creator | Kamali, Mohammad Bagher | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:29:46Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T06:49:00Z | |
| dc.description | This study aimed to examine key factors affecting rural female facilitators’ role in participatory rural development in Tehran Province. Since the researchers intended to have a better insight into the facilitators’ role and employ inquiry as a learning forum for bringing about changes for all participants, they preferred to use a case study based upon an appreciative inquiry method. The study divided the factors affecting the facilitators’ role into two main categories: driving factors and preventing factors. The former are: two-way communication, election of rural eligible facilitators, participation, sense of responsibility, and the latter are: cultural and tribal fanaticism, lack of permanent female extension workers and frequent management changes. Appreciative inquiry as a positive mode of action research could facilitate the process of education and communication for all stakeholders. We suggested that there should be a shift from the extension as a knowledge transfer to facilitation as people’s own knowledge creation. This study showed that appreciative inquiry could facilitate the process of change and gender-awareness. This research method could also facilitate mutual communication between the rural facilitators and extension workers. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.143274 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/143274/files/final-7-14.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/143274 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/581168 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/143274 | |
| dc.title | Factors Affecting Rural Facilitators’ Role: Iran | |
| dc.type | Text |