Conclusions Participants tended to be field dependent learners. Learning style identification certainly has implications for both program delivery and professional development. In terms of program delivery, presentation and learning experiences must be differentiated based upon the learning styles of clients. As for professional development, it is essential that programs be delivered to Extension professionals that are highly structured and allow for social interaction. The results of the VAP revealed that all participants were synthesizers.
Synthesizers have the goal of integration of self with others.
They are often overly-demanding upon themselves and what they can reasonably accomplish. There is a need to identify the value systems of program clients in an effort to determine if value systems are similar. Participating Extension professionals in this study represented three broad program areas. Over one-third of the participants had multiple program responsibilities. The subjects included about the same number of men as women.