Case Study On The Growth Of New Vocational Peasants Under The Framework Of Communities Of Practice

"Who will farm" is the most prominent issue of agricultural development at the present stage in China.In order to solve the problems of farming effectively,improve agricultural competitiveness and cultivate modern agricultural laborers,The 2012 "Central First Document" stressed that "must foster New Vocational Peasants." For this reason,the cultivation of New Vocational Peasants are concerned by the research communities and the practical fields.However,how do New Vocational Peasants grow? What kind of confusion do they face in their growth? How to help them grow? These topics deserve great attention.As the space of individual learning knowledge and constructing identity,Communities of Practice is of great significance to the growth of New Vocational Peasants.Therefore,this study uses the theory to explore and analyze the growth process of New Vocational Peasants and summarizes effective experiences.Furthermore,it summarizes effective experiences and hopes to provide successful cases for New Vocational Peasants who are committed to modern agriculture and help them grow smoothly.The study focuses on "How the New Vocational Peasants grow in the Communities of Practice ",use semi-structured interview method and 4 samples(ZL,ZB,LAJ,JKJ)were selected.According to a rough outline of the interview,informal interviews were conducted and strive to respond to the above core issues.On the basis of the remarkable features of the growth of the four samples,the study places them in four tensions: participation and reification,the local and the global,identification and negotiability,the designed and the emergent.Based on case analysis,the study describes how ZL participates in the Communities of Practice and embodies the experience of participation as well as the process of crossing the community boundary;clarifies the process of growth and boundary exchange of ZB in multiple communities of practice;It discusses how LAJ define the joint enterprise with members,establish good member relationships,and finally achieve an effective identification of identities.What’s more,it reveals the internal mechanism of JKJ about how to acquire meaningful experience in teaching and learning.Through the analysis of the text of the case interview,the following findings are found:Firstly,the Communities of Practice where individuals are located is a dynamic process.The traditional farmer’s Communities of Practice,the new professional farmers’ Communities of Practice,the experts’ Communities of Practice and th e online Communities of Practice play different roles in different stages of the growth of New Vocational Peasants.At the same time,the nature,difficulty and purpose of individual participation in the Communities of Practice are also not the same.Secondly,the Communities of Practice is conducive to the acquisition of knowledge and skills and construction of identity of New Vocational Peasants.New Vocational Peasants can acquire the knowledge and skills of professional practice,construct meaningful experiences in career development and achieve effective identity recognition in the Communities of Practice.Thirdly,Communities of Practice will bring barriers to the growth of individuals.The "isolation status" of the participation process makes it difficult for New Vocational Peasants to enter the Communities of Practice;It is difficult to find the desired community effectively,which will hinder the development of agricultural practices of New Vocational Peasants;The homogeneity of the members of the community not only makes it difficult to solve problems,but also hinders the practical innovation of New Vocational Peasants;The asymmetry of communication dialogue can result in noneffective meaning negotiation and difficult to realize knowledge sharing among members.According to relevant research findings,this study proposes the following strategies:Firstly,helping New Vocational Peasants acquire the identity of "Legitimate peripheral participation" by constructing a positive cultural atmosphere and concretion of knowledge.Secondly,the New Vocational Peasants should construct psychological capital and give full play to their initiative as participants.Thirdly,ensuring the openness and transparency of the boundary object in other Communities of Practice,especially the experts’ Communities of Practice.Fourthly,giving full play to the intermediary role of agrotechnical station and the agricultural sector to help New Vocational Peasants to establish effective contacts with experts.Fifthly,through the way of "Farmers order,experts cook",choose suitable trainers and provide concrete support to promote negotiation of meaning and achieve effective communication among members.Sixthly,New Vocational Peasants should participate in appropriate communities of practice according to different stages of growth.