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However, few have been evaluated. The results of the evaluation of a rural leadership program provided in this paper highlight the need for adult learning theories to be more overtly identified and utilised as the basis of planning and implementing leadership programs. Transformative learning theory and social learning theory were used to explain the impact the program had for participants and to provide insight into how similar programs could be enhanced.  \nKeywords: rural leadership; adult learning; non-formal learning  \nLearning and leadership: Evaluation of an Australian rural leadership program 31  \nIntroduction  \nLeadership has been hailed as an important element within communities in order to enhance local decision making and responsibility (Gray, Williams & Phillips, 2005) and to build community capacity, cohesiveness and community resilience (Walker & Salt, 2012; Wilson, 2012). As such, leadership programs, particularly in rural communities, have proliferated in Australia over the past 15 years. However, there has been little evaluation of these programs, either in terms of outcomes or regarding the educational principles that underpin the delivery of the programs. This paper examines the delivery of one rural leadership program in rural Queensland, Australia. Using a case based approach, the results provide an avenue of exploring why the participants found this program transformed their understanding of themselves and the way they can work in their communities. In particular, this paper locates these results within a framework of adult learning, drawing on transformative learning theory and social theory of learning, particular the idea of communities of practice. We argue that the effectiveness of this program depended on the success of the facilitator in embedding a number of key adult learning principles in the delivery of the program and use these principles to point to how the program could be enhanced.  \nBackground  \nRural leadership programs have been increasingly supported by governments in Australia as part of a shift in political ideology that encourages the development of local solutions to local problems, and thus promoted as part of a strategy for long term sustainability of rural communities (Buultjens, Ambrosoli & Dollery, 2012; Gray, Williams & Phillips, 2005). However, these programs have often fallen short of intended goals, particularly in regards to enhancing adaptive capacity of communities, a key feature in communities gaining the confidence and skills necessary to plan for and implement solutions for local problems (Davies, 2007; Davies, 2009) . This relates to an emphasis that has been placed on developing individual skills and knowledge in those who have been identified, or who  \n32 Wendy Madsen, Cathy O’Mullan & Helen Keen-Dyer  \nidentify themselves, as leaders as opposed to developing leadership qualities within the communities as a whole. These different approaches to leadership programs not only have significant implications to how leadership is developed in rural communities, but also draw on very different ways of learning.  \nLeadership programs, irrespective of whether they build adaptive capacity or contribute to individual skills and knowledge, provide an opportunity for adult learning. Those programs that aim to develop personal skills of participants, known as ‘transactional leadership’, tend to focus on issues such as problem solving and conflict management and developing grant writing skills. The rationale underlying these programs is that enhancing the skills of individual leaders will result in these people being able to provide solutions for organisational and local p","cbCaivjGwbnwHzer","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivjGwbnwHzer","pdf",189506,"English","# Introduction\n# Background\n# Adult learning in non-formal settings\n## Adult learning principles and theories","[{\"question\":\"Why does the paper argue for explicit use of adult learning theories in leadership programs?\",\"answer\":\"Because leadership programs in rural communities have been promoted without enough evaluation of outcomes or educational principles, the study highlights the need to identify and apply adult learning theory in planning and implementation.\"},{\"question\":\"Which learning theories are used to explain the program’s impact?\",\"answer\":\"The paper uses transformative learning theory and social learning theory to interpret how the program affected participants and how similar programs could be improved.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the paper say about learning in non-formal settings?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that adult learning in non-formal settings has received less attention in educational research than other sectors, though understanding has increased over recent decades.\"}]","Learning and leadership - Evaluation of an Australian rural leadership program | PDF",1792074619]