THE EFFECT OF DISCUSSION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF RURAL WOMAN TO BREEDING THE QUAIL S BIRDS AT CAGES FOR THE ALBITAR REGION - WASIT PROVINCE

The research was aimed to identify the impact of the discussion method in developing the level of knowledge of rural women to breeding the quail s birds at cages in the area of Al-Battar, Wasit Province. The Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with equivalent groups was used in a randomly selected sample of 32 female farmers out of 85 farmers. The sample was divided into two groups in a simple random manner with 16 female farmers per group (experimental group and control group) and adopted the method of analysis of statistical variance of second type. According to the following non-experimental variables, the equivalent of the two research groups are: the age of the female farmers, the level of education, the desire for indicative education. Two research tools were prepared, the first is a questionnaire for non-experimental variables, and the second is a test of the cognitive development of the female farmers in the field of raising the quail bird (Salwa or Frei) according to the first three levels of Bloom s classification of the cognitive dimension: memory, understanding and application. The test consists of a paragraph of a multiple choice type [27]. The researcher reached to the following results: 1. The post-test was excelled on the pre-test in developing the knowledge level of the female farmers of both groups (experimental and control). 2. The experimental group that used the method of discussion as an indicative method is excelled on the control group (lecture group) in the cognitive development of the female farmers. The researcher recommended using of the indicative methods, especially the method of discussion to promote the educational indicative work to enable rural women to adopt and apply modern technologies in the process of agricultural production (both plant and animal).