Interactional Infrastructure in Rural Communities: Matching Training Needs and Provision

Autor/inn/en	Kilpatrick, Sue; Loechel, Barton
Titel	Interactional Infrastructure in Rural Communities: Matching Training Needs and Provision
Quelle	In: Rural Society, 14 (2004) 1, S.4-21 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1037-1656
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Rural Education; Social Capital; Educational Needs; Social Change; Economic Change; Population Trends; Leadership; Community Development; Learning; Small Businesses; Employment; Vocational Education; Partnerships in Education; Training; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Sozialkapital; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Sozialer Wandel; Ökonomischer Wandel; Bevölkerungsprognose; Führung; Führungsposition; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Lernen; Kleingewerbe; Dienstverhältnis; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports some of the main lessons learnt from a collaborative project titled "Generating jobs in regional Tasmania: a social capital approach" investigating how two small rural Tasmanian communities could better match local training needs with training provision. The project was conducted within the context of the wider social, economic and demographic changes affecting the two rural communities and their ongoing efforts to manage such change. The paper provides a profile of the two communities with particular attention to their local education, training and employment infrastructure. Three research questions in terms of improving the contributions of leadership, partnerships and social capital are addressed. Development and utilisation of social capital, particularly in the form of interactional infrastructure (defined as opportunities and structures for interaction in a community) that brought together the range of stakeholders, appeared the key to successfully matching needs with provision. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Centre for Rural Social Research, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678 Australia. Tel: +61 269 332778; Fax: +61 269 332293; Email: crsr@csu.edu.au; Web site: http://www.csu.edu.au/research/crsr/f_journal.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10