SUGGESTIONS FOR TRAINERS

If you use this Research Guide in training

Generally

Distribute handouts (including this Research Guide) to trainees one or several days before your presentation, or distribute them at the end of the presentation.

Do not distribute handouts at the beginning of a presentation, otherwise trainees will read instead of listening to you.

Ask trainees not to take notes, but to pay full attention to the training activity. Assure them that your handouts (and this Research Guide) contain all relevant information.

Keep your training activities practical. Reduce theory to the minimum that is necessary to understand the practical exercises.

Use the questions on page 4 (or a selection of questions) for examinations (quizzes, periodical tests, and so on). Allow consultation of handouts and books during examinations.

Promote interaction of trainees. Allow questions, but do not deviate from the subject.

Respect the time allotted.

Specifically

Discuss with trainees about experiences and problems of agronomic managament of cassava (10 minutes).

Present and discuss the content of this Research Guide, using the study materials listed on page 3 (45 minutes).

Have plant and tuber samples, stem cuttings, weed specimens, herbicides, and so on available for each trainee.

You may photocopy the illustrations and tables of the Research Guide on transparencies for projection with an overhead projector.

Conduct the practicals suggested on page 3 in groups of 3-4 trainees per group (2 hours). Make sure that each trainee has the opportunity to practice. Have resource persons available for each group and practical.

Organize your practicals and demonstrations well. Keep trainees busy. Prevent trainees from scattering around the field.