農業推廣人員之休閒農業專業教育訓練研究

Abstract

摘 要 休閒農業是同時具備生產性與服務性的新興休閒產業，政府將它列為國家重要農業政策來推動，並透過農業推廣體系執行此項政策，而農業推廣人員就是站在第一線執行此項任務的工作者，他�她具備了輔導者、教育者與行銷管理者等多重角色與任務。本研究關注的是十幾年來台灣的農業推廣教育賦予農業推廣人員哪些休閒農業輔導的專業知識與能力，以及如何規劃休閒農業專業教育訓練，藉由文獻內容分析法與深度訪談，從教育訓練規劃與課程設計之角度來探討與論述農業推廣人員的休閒農業專業教育訓練情況與問題。 本研究發現農業推廣人員的休閒農業專業教育訓練，並不是經過精心策劃的具整體性、連續性與系統性的教育訓練計畫，且缺乏課程實施標準，顯示教育訓練制度尚未建立。從課程內容設計之安排可歸納出二種形式：一為綜合式課程，一為主題式課程；以主題式課程對於農業推廣人員之休閒農業專業能力的養成，是較優的訓練方式。以訓練機構規劃課程方案而言，可分為二種形式：一種是訓練機構之課程方案設計自主性高；另一種則是訓練機構的課程設計依從性較高。而訓練機構的休閒農業教育訓練課程來源主要有五類：參考其他訓練機構之課程內容、上級主管機關所期望之課程、訓練規劃人員�機構自行設計、講師提供、以及市場需求等。整體而言，以目前休閒農業專業教育訓練之實施情況，對於培養農業推廣人員之休閒農業輔導專業能力來說，很難彰顯其功能。

Abstract Leisure agriculture is an emerging leisure industry , which simultaneously serves the purpose of production and service. The government has listed it as one of the country important agricultural policies and makes every endeavor to carry out this policy through the agricultural extension system. Therefore, the agricultural extension advisors are those who stand in the front line to carry out the mission. The agricultural extension advisor serves the roles as an consultant, an educator, and marketing manger at the same time. The major concerns of the present study are (1) what specialized knowledge and competence of leisure agriculture the agriculture extension education has endowed the agricultural advisors with and (2) how the professional training of leisure agriculture was designed. With literature analyses and in-depth interviews, the present study investigated and related the situation and problems of leisure agriculture that faced the agricultural extension advisors from the perspective of education and training planning and curriculum design. This research found that the professional education of leisure agriculture on the agricultural extension advisors is not an integrated, connected and systematic one, which lacks a standard and guideline to implement the curricula. The finding shows that a system of education and training is not yet established. The curriculum design can be summarized as two kinds: one is the comprehensive curriculum, and the other is the subject type curriculum. The subject type curriculum is superior in cultivating the specialized ability of leisure agriculture for the agricultural extension advisor. The curriculum program designed by the training institution can be categorized into two kinds: one is self-determined and the other is dependent. The curriculum of these training institution are mainly from the curriculum offered by other training institution, imposed by the supervising authority, designed by the training staff of the institution or by the institution per se, provided by the lecturers, and demanded by the market, etc.. In short, the training for the agricultural extension advisors to foster their consulting ability on leisure agriculture is hard to fulfill its purpose.