| Title: |
'Training by Papua New Guinea Women, for Papua New Guinea Women': Lessons from the Development of a Co-Constructed Course for Women Smallholder Farmers |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Pamphilon, Barbara; Mikhailovich, Katja; Chambers, Barbara |
| Source: |
International Journal of Lifelong Education. 2014 33(6):721-736. |
| Availability: |
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
16 |
| Publication Date: |
2014 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: |
Foreign Countries; Females; Agriculture; Leadership Training; Capacity Building; Trainers; Sustainable Development; Communities of Practice; Community Development; Agricultural Occupations; Knowledge Level; Extension Education; Workshops; Leadership Qualities; Rural Areas |
| Geographic Terms: |
Papua New Guinea |
| DOI: |
10.1080/02601370.2014.952358 |
| ISSN: |
0260-1370 |
| Abstract: |
This article examines the lessons from a collaborative project that worked with women agricultural leaders in Papua New Guinea. The project sought to build the capacity of these leaders as trainers in a way that would enable the development of a sustainable community of practice and worked within a critical and place-based pedagogy underpinned by asset-based community development principles. Whilst the process of our collaborative work has a number of salutary lessons, the co-construction of the training course with PNG women farmer leaders did illustrate a particular knowledge design continuum: that is, "surfacing" knowledge, "distilling" knowledge, "clarifying" knowledge and then "consolidating" knowledge. From this consolidated knowledge, together we were able to design locally valid and locally relevant modules. As the trainers went out to trial their training, they were then engaging in "sharing" knowledge and "reviewing" that knowledge which then lead to our collective ability to "improve" knowledge that will enhance future training in this area. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Number of References: |
32 |
| Entry Date: |
2014 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1046056 |
| Database: |
ERIC |