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Skill development for volunteering in rural communities

Kilpatrick, Sue, Stirling, Christine and Orpin, Peter 2010, Skill development for volunteering in rural communities, Journal of vocational education and training, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 195-207.

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: Office of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Rural and Regional)
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Title Skill development for volunteering in rural communities
Author(s) Kilpatrick, Sue
Stirling, Christine
Orpin, Peter
Journal name Journal of vocational education and training
Volume number 62
Issue number 2
Start page 195
End page 207
Publisher Routledge
Place of publication London, England
Publication date 2010-06
ISSN 1363-6820
1747-5090
Keyword(s) volunteers
training
rural
Summary This paper examines the skills required of volunteers in the voluntary sector organisations that operate in three rural Tasmanian communities. It reports how volunteers acquire those skills and reveals the challenges faced by voluntary sector organisations in rural communities whose industries and, following from this, community members have a low-qualification profile. Training for volunteers in these rural communities must take account of motivations for volunteering, rural context, preferred learning styles, education and training, and the volunteers' confidence as learners.
Language eng
Field of Research 160804 Rural Sociology
Socio Economic Objective 920506 Rural Health
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2010, The Vocational Aspect of Education
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