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change. Farm-management teams employ four different learning patterns when making changes to their
management and marketing practises. Learning patterns are termed local focussed, people focussed, outward
looking and extensive networking. These patterns appear to be related to ongoing learning practices of farmmanagement
teams as well as to learning for change. Local focussed management teams learnt for change by
accessing only local sources (including government extension services) or a single individual. People
focussed farm-management teams preferred to learn for change principally by seeking information and
advice on a one-to-one basis from more than one person, most frequently experts, but often other farmers.
The remaining farm businesses accessed a variety of sources. The group classed as extensive networkers
accessed a large number of varied sources in learning for change. Others who used a less extensive range
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change. Farm-management teams employ four different learning patterns when making changes to their
management and marketing practises. Learning patterns are termed local focussed, people focussed, outward
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accessing only local sources (including government extension services) or a single individual. People
focussed farm-management teams preferred to learn for change principally by seeking information and
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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">How Farmers Learn: Different Approaches to Change</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Kilpatrick, Sue</span> and <span class="person_name">Johns, Susan</span> (2003) <xhtml:em>How Farmers Learn: Different Approaches to Change.</xhtml:em> The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 9 (4). pp. 151-164. ISSN 1389-224X</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1544/1/JAEE2003.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1544/1/JAEE2003.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />661Kb</td></tr></table><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This paper presents findings of an Australian study1 that investigated how farm- management teams go about
learning to manage their businesses, including how they learn in order to make strategic and tactical changes.
The Australian farming context is one of increasing complexity and risk that demands greater sophistication
and professionalism in farm management. Learning is related to increased capacity to manage successful
change. Farm-management teams employ four different learning patterns when making changes to their
management and marketing practises. Learning patterns are termed local focussed, people focussed, outward
looking and extensive networking. These patterns appear to be related to ongoing learning practices of farmmanagement
teams as well as to learning for change. Local focussed management teams learnt for change by
accessing only local sources (including government extension services) or a single individual. People
focussed farm-management teams preferred to learn for change principally by seeking information and
advice on a one-to-one basis from more than one person, most frequently experts, but often other farmers.
The remaining farm businesses accessed a variety of sources. The group classed as extensive networkers
accessed a large number of varied sources in learning for change. Others who used a less extensive range
were termed outward looking.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Learning in agriculture,
Lifelong learning
Change</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/339999.html">330000 Education > 339900 Other Education > 339999 Other Education</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/309902.html">300000 Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 309900 Other Agricultural, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences > 309902 Education and Extension</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/350299.html">350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 350200 Business and Management > 350299 Business and Management not elsewhere classified</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1544</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Associate Professor SI Kilpatrick</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">10 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1544;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1544">item control page</a></p>
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