School of Human Sciences
Losing or having your personal information exposed is something that happens quite often in today’s society.
It can be very overwhelming when you realize your information is in someone else’s hands. What can you do to prevent fraud?
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Extracurricular activities offer many benefits for children and teens, but parents should help young people set important boundaries when it comes to these activities.
“Participating in sports, music, dance and other activities not only helps children learn life skills, like time management and interpersonal skills, but also teaches them about themselves -- what things they are good at and what things they enjoy,” said Lori Elmore-Staton, a human development and family science specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
There is confusion about what to measure to demonstrate that an educational program’s impact extends beyond the learner’s professional development, producing positive outcomes in the workplace and ultimately contributing to the improvement of environmental, social, and economic conditions. The Learning-Transfer Evaluation Model was introduced as a metric to measure the transfer of learning to individuals after completing a training program. The model has eight levels:
Through Extension, we aim to improve people’s lives by responding to their needs through research and education-based efforts. The first step in offering effective and efficient educational programs that address people’s needs is identifying and prioritizing the community’s needs, which we call a needs assessment. A needs assessment allows you to construct a more objective picture of needs than you would receive depending on one person’s perspective.
This publication explores strategies for dealing constructively with personality characteristics that create conflict or simply make it difficult to accomplish work goals.