Learning on the Job: How Do Farm Business Managers Get the Skills and Knowledge To Manage Their Businesses? CRLRA Discussion Paper Series.

Autor/in	Kilpatrick, Sue
Institution	Tasmania Univ., Launceston (Australia). Center for Research and Learning in Regional Australia.
Titel	Learning on the Job: How Do Farm Business Managers Get the Skills and Knowledge To Manage Their Businesses? CRLRA Discussion Paper Series.
Quelle	(1999), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1440-480X
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Learning; Agribusiness; Agricultural Education; Agricultural Occupations; Business Administration; Business Skills; Comparative Analysis; Conventional Instruction; Education Work Relationship; Educational Needs; Educational Opportunities; Educational Research; Experiential Learning; Farm Management; Foreign Countries; Informal Education; Information Sources; Learning Processes; Literature Reviews; Needs Assessment; Nonformal Education; On the Job Training; Recordkeeping; Rural Areas; Rural Education; Sex Differences; Skill Development; Womens Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Agrarindustrie; Agriculture; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Business economics; Betriebswirtschaft; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Ausland; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Information source; Informationsquelle; Learning process; Lernprozess; Bedarfsermittlung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Training-on-the-Job; Leistungsnachweis; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Australien
Abstract	The methods used by Australian farm managers to obtain the skills and knowledge needed to manage their businesses were examined. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 85 farm owners/managers from South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, and New South Wales. The farmers interviewed identified a wide range of learning sources in the following categories: (1) training (formal and nonformal educational activities); (2) people who are not part of a training activity (other farmers, acquaintances, employees, consultants, and other experts); (3) print, audio, visual, and electronic media; and (4) experience and observation. Most farmers consulted multiple learning sources before altering their management practices. The sources for learning varied according to the purpose of the learning. Training was used relatively more often by those changing their methods of keeping records. All 85 businesses surveyed had used knowledge or skills gained from participation in at least one organized education or training activity in their farm management practices, including when making changes to their practices. However, people were the most frequently cited learning source for all changes, including new enterprise and record-keeping changes. Women were more likely to report learning from experience, whereas men were more likely to use organized training activities as a learning source. (Contains 22 references.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Centre for Research and Learning in Regional Australia, P.O. Box 1214, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia, Tel: 03 6324 3142, Fax: 03 6324 3040, E-mail: Lamanda.Harris@utas.edu.au, Web site: http://www.crlra.utas.edu.au ($3 Australian).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC