Isolated Farmers Make Good Learners: Distance Education Leaves Its Mark.

McKenzie, A. D.

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ERIC Number: EJ495408

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Publication Date: 1994

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Isolated Farmers Make Good Learners: Distance Education Leaves Its Mark.

McKenzie, A. D.

Education in Rural Australia, v4 n2 p9-13 1994

Describes the Farm Management Home Study Program, a distance education program implemented in 1970 that has allowed over 10,000 farmers and land and business managers in rural New South Wales (Australia) to upgrade their skills through vocational programs in farm management, farm office management, and other vocational courses related to farming. (LP)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Learning, Competency Based Education, Correspondence Study, Farm Management, Farmers, Foreign Countries, Home Programs, Nontraditional Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions, Rural Education

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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