COLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Guihulngan Campus

COURSE OUTLINE

Discipline Agriculture Program BSA Agronomy

Course Code Ag 302 Course Title Seminar A
Credit Units 3 Hours Lect. Duration 1 Semester

Program Placement Third Year Prerequisite

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Seminar A is a three (3) units course with fity- four (54) hours duration, with three hours per week lecture. Seminar can boost student
communication and interactions to other people by attending and conducting seminar.

At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to :

OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this course the learner will be able to:

 Value the importance of communications

 Adapt good communication in conducting seminar
 Creat good channel of communication in conducting seminar

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 Introduction OBJECTIVES:
Teaching is an exciting and rewarding activity but like all after At the end of this topic the learner will be able to:
occupation it is demanding (R.L. Navarro et.al. 1988).  Value a good teaching methods
Teaching is the purposeful imparting of information or skills or  Organize student-lead seminar
both to another individual or gruop (Grolier Intn’l Encylopedia).  Compare student-lead seminar to Proffesional educator and
or skilled-lead seminar.

Module 2 I. METHODS OF TEACHING

a. According to forms:
CONTENTS OF MODULE A. Written Forms
Lesson III: Methods Of Teaching - Bulletins
Lesson IV: Community Organizing
Lesson V: How To Conduct Student-Lead Seminar Guide

DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE MODULE

PROPERLY
In order to benefit the profoundly from this module, please be
guided by all the key points presented below.
1. This module contains one (3) lessons. Read the explanations
thoroughly so that you would understand the lesson entirely.
2. In every lessons you will find the learning objectives.
Learning objectives is a knowledge and skills you acquired
at the end of every lessons. Read every lessons heartily.
3. You must answer the learning Activities/Exercises (LAEs).
4. Feel free to chat, call, text or send mean email if you have
questions, reactions, or reflections about the module’s
contents or activities.
5. The practice Task/Assessment and the Assignment shall be
checked by me.

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- Circular letter
- Leaflets
- New articles
- Personal letters

B. Spoken
- Employed during meeting
- Farm and home visit
- Office calls Image reference: 123RF

C. Visual or Objects
- Exhibits
- Motion pectures
- Posters
- Result demonstration
- Slides
- Television

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- Radio calls

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 Generally, farm and home visits are for providing and
getting information and also an opportunity to arouse
interest in farm, home or community improvement not
yet recognized by the indev idual as desirable.

- Personal letters and correspondence

The main value lies in answering inquiries about new
kinds of seeds of the differnt crops, new publication and
control of pest and diseases of crops.

- Office calls
It is a teaching method wherein people go to office for
information or assistance.

- Result demonstration
Result demonstration proves the advantages of an
improved farming or homemaking practices, shows the
advantages of applying scientific methods to everyday
Image reference: iStock situations, dramatizes, arouses interest by showing old
and new practices side by side, and convince people as
D. Spoken and Visual Object thety see for themselves wich is the better practice.
- Demostration
- Meeting involving motion pictures
- Slides B. Group approach
- Visual aids Meeting

b. According To Number Of Clientele Is an organized and purposive assembly of a

A. Indevidual approach constituted group of people for thr purpose of
- Farm and home visit deliberating, planning, deciding on or executing
specific business of the constituted groups.

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Method demonstration speacker, and encourages the less talkative to short his
questions.
Demostration within a short time given by traine leader
for the porpuse of teaching skills to a group or to show Group discussion
byexample the practical application of establish facts or
The audience is divided into a group of about fifteen
group pf facts. “how to do something”
and given a specific period within which to discuss a
Lecrture topic.
The lecture method is for most paet one-way a. Brainstorming
communication from speacker to audience. b. Open forum
c. Phillip 66 - 6 person, 6 minute discussion
Discussion following a lecture
Extension classes
Is often called lecture forum. Anyone on the audience
who desire more information may ask the speaker some Are short course cinsisting of selected subject matter
questions. courses.
The film forum Seminar - workshop
A discussion before and after the viewing of an As the name implies, the training cinsist of actual work.
educational film is similar to the lecture forum, except
Program planning meeting
that the film takes over the questions and answer
function of the lecturer in the film forum. This may involved a committee od voluntary leaders,
the entire membershi of qan organized group, or those
Symposium
in attendance at publicly advertuised neighborhood or
This is a short series of lectures, usually by 2-5 community meeting.
speackers, each with differnt viewponts.
Educational tours.
Panel discussion
Group of people are taken to a nearby research centers
A group of speackers, 2-8 usually, participate in a or farms.
supposidly informal discussion on a topic for the
Field days
benefit of listenrs. A leader presides introduces the

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 It may consist of an activity or a combination of The maine porpose of lecture is to inform the participants
activities where the teaching and learning situation are about a specified subject-matter. The resoure apeakershould
made public to a large audience. have adequate information to transmit to participants by
means of oral communication. More specifically, lecture may
Camps
serveone or a combination of the following purpose:
It emphasizes cooperation, stimulates interestin all
 To introduce a subject indicating its importance, and
groupactivities and offers special opportunities for
an overview of its scope;
training in health, conservation, group actions, arts and
crafts, safety and many other subjects.  To provide information needed for better
understanding of basic and subsequent activities, e.i.
Achievement Days And Rallies demonstration, field days or discussion;
 To explain the application of rules, principles, or
These are held for the purpose og giveng public
concepts; and
recognation to worthwhile accomlishments.
Characteridtics of Lecture
Role playing
Dramatization  Coverage and pacing of presentation can be
predermined.
 Lectures
C. Mass Media can readily
- Poster be
- Exhibits repeated,
- Radio especially
when
handouts
and visual
aids have
already
been
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prepared.
Purposes of Lecture:

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  Usually, one-way communication, with most if not all - Heightens group unity
the talking done by the lecturer. 2. As a trainer
 Lecture may be interesting or boring depending on the - Assess training needs
technique of the teacher. 3. As an advocate
- Assists others to reflect upon other isssues
4. As a researcher
II. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING - Conduct social analysis
5. As a planner
Community - Systematizes group actions
Defined as organization of families and indevidual, settled in a 6. As acatalyst
fairly compact and contiguous area, with significant element - Initiate debates and actions regarding critical
of common life as shown by: problems.

Elements: Community Organuization

 Manners. A way of doing somethig Is a systematic, planned and liberating change process of
transforming a complacent, deprived and collaborative
 Customs. The social convention carried on by
attitudes and practices in the community(ross, 1955 and
tradition
1976).
 Tradition. Handing down orally os customs, beliefs
and others from generation to generation Community Organization: Values, Goals and Princile
 Mode of speech. It is the language of a certain people
A. Values of community organizing
or group.
1. Human rights
Three Major Components of Community Organizing 2. Social justice
3. Social responsibility
1. Training and education
2. Organization building B. Goals of community organizing
3. Mobilization 1. People’s empowerment
Task And Function Of A Community Organizer 2. Building relatively permanent structure and
people’s organization
1. As a facilitator 3. Building alliances

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 4. Inproved quality of life/standard of living Activities involved in the preliminary stage of seminar (pre
5. Popular democracy seminar phase):
6. National social transformation
 The following activities need be done in preliminary
C. Principles of community organizing stage of seminar.
1. People’s participation  Selection of seminar theme and its sub-themes
2. Self-determination  Venue (availability of physical facilities, etc.,), Date(s),
3. Experiential learning and Time (duration of each session) are must be
4. Self-reliance finalized well in advance.
 The panel of specialists, subject experts, Chief Guests,
Organizing approach Observers for seminar must be prepared and obtaining
1. Issue-base approach the concurrence from the President or Convenor of the
2. Socio-economic-project based approach seminar.
3. Church/faith- based approach  The permission must be requested from the persons
listed in the panel and from their head offices to utilize
their services for seminar.
III. HOW TO CONDUCT SEMINAR  A circular regarding the seminar and its information
a. Attend seminar must be prepared without ambiguity.
 The seminar circular must be circulated well in advance
For you to have idea or familiarized how seminar works to the people (must have the relevant knowledge about
attend seminar, observe and make evaluation. the theme of the seminar) who are able to participate in
Steps Involved In Seminar the seminar.
 The selection of the paper presenter / speakers must be
The seminar is a process which allows the persons to discuss a based on the article submitted by them and their
theme in a peer group with subject experts in an objective professional excellence. Such selected Paper presenter
method. The steps of the seminar method are classified in to will be informed with the necessary regulations to be
following three steps: followed by them in the seminar.
Before seminar (pre seminar phase)  A compendium of selected papers must be prepared by
a expert committee.
At the course of seminar (seminar phase)

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Activities involved during seminar (seminar phase):  Deliver of Vote of thanks to the Participants, Seminar
Committees and all the people who engaged in the
 Ensure the physical facilities (Stage settings, Seats,
seminar activities either directly and indirectly.
Audio-Visual equipments, etc.) available for the
participants of seminar. After the seminar (post seminar phase)
 Welcome the Chief Guests, Chair persons of Technical
 Activities involved after the end of seminar (post
session, Observers and Participants of seminar and
seminar phase) :
encourage their active participation in the seminar
 Correction of the presented papers / articles from the
 The compendium must be distributed to the
authors (paper presenters) must be done by
participants before the beginning of seminar.
themselves.
 The seminar theme and its sub-theme need be
 The restructuring of paper submitted is essential,
explained.
because the clarifications received during the
 Guide the paper presenters for their location and time
discussion must be incorporated. A clear, definite idea
of seminar session before the beginning of seminar.
or concept of each paper will be reached through the
 The Chair person of technical session and the paper restructuring the seminar paper.
presenters and speakers must manage the time
 Compilation of the restructured papers will be done by
effectively.
a panel of experts.
 Proper assistance must be ensure for every speaker /
 The prepare compilation (Compendium) must be sent
paper presenter to facilitate their paper presentation by
to the concerned firms, institutes, Agencies,
providing appropriate Audio, Video equipments such as
Government departments for further follow up
Public Address System, Over Head Projector, LCD
activities.
projector etc.
 The compendium may be distributed on request to the
 At the end of seminar session, the seminar events will
people of similar interest also (with the permission of
be briefed by the Chairman of the seminar. This gives a
Chair person of Seminar)
clear definition to the seminar conducted and the
 Finalization of Accounts must be done. A clear budget
further steps to be done in future also.
report must be prepared and sent to the auditing
 The chairman or organizing secretary will announce the
committee / officers for approval are essential.
concept derived by the seminar.

b. Conduct seminar

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 1. Face-to-face seminar Where to cunduct?
Where to cunduct? c. Facebook live
d. Zoom
a. Classrooms
e. Vedio call
b. Mutipurpose hall
f. Vlog
c. Gymnasium
d. Bario hall What to use?
e. Plaza
According to forms
f. Malls
g. Open court a. Written
h. Farms b. Spokrn
i. Hotel c. Visual or object
j. Cottage d. Spoken and vesual object
According to the number of clientele
What to use? a. Individual approach
b. Group approach
According to forms
c. Mass media
a. Written
b. Spokrn
c. Visual or object
d. Spoken and vesual object Student-led seminar guide

According to the number of clientele Timing Focus

a. Individual approach
2-3 minutes Introduction
b. Group approach
 Introduce yourself
c. Mass media
 Give the purpose of the talk - or define
the problem or the question to be
considered
2. Online seminar

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  Explain the order that you will talk were they useful and clear?
about things, ie the structure of your
talk. Your Speed, tone, intonation, articulation,
Main body of the talk language volume etc, were they appropriate?
 Give the references of the sources you
and speech
have consulted Introduction Did you demonstrate interest and make
your objectives clear to your audience?
 Explain the main points from your Audience How did your audience participate, ask
5-6 minutes
research attention questions, show their interest etc?
 Highlight any points of contradiction and
or differing views interaction
Body Review how you manage any mannerisms
 Identify possible points for discussion language or habits which may distract. Did you
Conclusion and appear confident and credible?
 Summarise main points briefly confidence
Sources Did you present your references and
 Draw your own conclusions or
sources effectively - were they the best
recommendations
2 minutes sources to use?
 Thank your audience for their Summary Did you give a clear summary of the main
attention and points? Did you draw out the implications,
 Invite questions or pose questions for conclusions limitations and assumptions? Did you
your colleagues engage appropriately with your audience?

Source: University of Nottingham.

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Self-evaluation checklist:

Your Visual aids, handouts etc,

preparation

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Learning activities:
1. What are the Significance of conducting seminar? REFERENECES AND FURTHER READINGS:

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