June 07, 2023

Economic Empowerment, Active Citizenship, Agriculture

4H learning help youth find ways to achieve their goals and explore their purpose. 4H programs emphasizes supporting young people to take active roles in their own learning and growth across all domains of their life, expanding their capacity to achieve the success they want in life, and to thrive. Learning involves a change in young people, which may include intertwined aspects of knowledge reasoning skill, motivations, dispositions, and contributions. Participation in learning activities within a community and engagement with cultural practice, routines and tools. Community engagement promotes lifelong learning; allows for authentic participation at multiple levels; favor autonomous thinking; and is a key element of experiential learning. 4H learning experiences involve youth in the work of Cooperative Extension, which includes Agricultural and Food Systems, Citizenship, Health Living, and STEM learning oppotunities. 4H helps youth find personal and career pathways in life. Youth develop their agency, belonging, and competence while becoming engaged leaders in their communities to positive impact of the world.