Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 108-122
A Comparative Study Based on Learning Typology in Farmer Training Centre
Harjanti. M1; Sumardjo2; Lubis D.P3; Suhanda N.S4
1, 3Ministry of Agriculture of The Republic of Indonesia
2, 4Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
1, 3Jalan Raya Puncak Km 11 Ciawi Bogor
2, 4Jalan Kamper, Komplek IPB Dramaga Bogor
Corresponding Author: Harjanti. M
ABSTRACT
FARTC disseminates information to farmers with three different learning methods, namely: (1) informal (spontaneous learning in daily life in the surrounding environment); (2) nonformal (planned learning in the activities of internships and training); and (3) informal-nonformal (combination of informal and nonformal methods). The different ways of learning had triggered differences in the structure of communication. This study applies social network analysis to compare the communication structures of the three FARTC communities that apply informal, informal-informal, and nonformal learning. The result shows that informal FARTC depends on the opinion leader and live in adjacent location. On the other hand, the communities of nonformal FARTC are scattered in various locations. They build networking by utilizing communication technology. Meanwhile, the communication structure of informal-nonformal FARTC is a combination of informal and nonformal patterns. The study suggests that each FARTC requires different information dissemination strategies according to their own network communication structure.
Keywords: Social Network analysis, long-life learning, farmertraining centre, opinion leader, learner farmer
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