1. Sustainable Land Use (SLUSE) MODEL OF LEARNING / Interdisciplinary Land Use and Natural Resource Management (ILUNRM)
Prof Raphael G. Wahome

2. Building Knowledge and Capacity in Rural Development
AIMS AT:
Reduced poverty
Improved Livelihood
Improved environmental management
Fosters community development
THROUGH
Participatory problem identification and analysis
Participatory formulation of alternative solutions
Participatory testing and adoption of solutions

3. Learning outcome
Learners will discuss the SLUSE model of learning and apply it during the soon to come field training programme

5. Common perceptions
Rural development hardly raises standards of living in Africa
Rural development is upheld religiously by the west
Rural development imposes the power of science on people
Destroys environments

6. Approaches
Problem oriented learning: First describe and define the problem, then learn all that is known about the problem, then suggest and test solutions, then adopt and adapt working solutions
Do all the above in an interdisciplinary manner
Do this in a community. i.e. in the field.

7. Principles Inter-disciplinary Learning for researchers and communities
Blends theoretical and practical learning
Yields knowledge and practical solutions
Beneficial to the community

8. Benefits Joint learning across institutions, regions and communities
Build capacity for applied research
Strengthen ability to identify, test and solve problems; implement solution and monitor successes.
Produce potential policy changing knowledge within a local setting
Empower communities with knowledge and partnerships.

9. Steps Site selection Problem identification and formulation
Collecting of background information on relevant theme
Problem identification and formulation
Problem analysis
Planning of field work
Study design, type of data to collect and how?
Collecting and analyzing data about the problem
Overcoming logistical difficulties to acquire real information
Writing of reports, presentations and evaluations
Group Reports, Group ppts, Individual report and PPT