The Effect of Educational Materials and Equipments on Agricultural Extension-Education Courses

The main purpose of this experimental study was to investigate the effect of educationalequipments and materials on farmers’ learning. The population of the research consisted two distinctive parts. The first group included 24 learners who participated in a five days extensioneducation course about the date palm’s prevalent diseases and pests which held by the use of various educational equipments and materials in Arvandkenar County in Abadan. The second part of the population consisted of 21 learners who were educated in the same issues but without the use of educational equipments in Minoobar County in Abadan. Because of their small number, both groups of the population were gone under census. Data was gathered before and after the educational courses trough four written examinations consisting of 30 three-point closed questions in six sections. WINSPSS Ver. 11.5 software was used for data analysis.According to the findings, the difference between farmers’ knowledge in two independent studied groups was significant in five cases after the education. Furthermore, the difference between total knowledge of the two studied groups was significant after the education. So, the main hypothesis of the research or the positive effect of educational equipments and materials on farmers learning was confirmed.