Glossary of Terms in Agricultural Education

Within the CIEA network, we would like to encourage a useful and active experience exchange among people working in agricultural education and extension.

To make the exchange even more useful, we suggest establishing and using a common glossary of terms. We have started with the following list and invite you to make suggestions about other terms you would like to add. Send your suggestions to ciea(at)bfh.ch.

• competences
• development of curriculum
• education for sustainable action
• educational institution
• evaluation
• knowledge acquisition
• knowledge management
• knowledge transfer
• lifelong learning
• network
• quality factors / success factors
• type of education
• working methods