جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "دانشجویان کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی" در نشریات گروه "علوم ترویج"

The aim of this study was to analyze the entrepreneurial skills of Agricultural and Natural Resources students. The population was included 893 students of faculties of Agriculture, Water & Soil, and Natural Resources at University of Zabol and study sample was calculated 269 students using stratified random sampling. The data gathering instrument in this study was a questionnaire which its validity was confirmed by experts in the field of entrepreneurship and its reliability was confirmed through a pilot testing and Ordinal Theta was between 0.81 - 0.92. The results of the current and desired situations of the entrepreneurial skills showed that the team building skill is in ranked first. However, the skill of familiarity with the legal and commercial rules was ranked lowest in both the current and desired situations. The results showed that the deepest the gap between the desired and the current situation belongs to the skills of familiarity with the legal and commercial rules, writing a business plan, and communications, respectively. It recommended that the entrepreneurial skills should be taught as a multi-step process. In such a way that each entrepreneurial skill is segmented and each section should be taught both theoretically and then practically.

The entrepreneurship literature shows that entrepreneurial intention has important effect on entrepreneurship behavior. Therefore, it is important to identify factors influencing entrepreneurial intention. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-efficacy belief and entrepreneurial intention with mediating role of entrepreneurial attitude. This study, in terms of purpose, is considered as an applied research and in terms of data collection is field study. The statistical population consisted of 2000 agricultural and natural resources students in 2013-2014 academic year, among which, 145 students were randomly selected based on Cochran's formula. Data collection tool was questionnaire, that’s face validity was confirmed by a panel of agricultural extension and education experts, and its reliability was confirmed through calculating ordinal alpha and composite reliability coefficients (α = 0.702 - 0.906 and C= 0.801 - 0.904). The results showed that there is a positive relationship between self-efficacy belief and entrepreneurial intention. Also, the mediating role of entrepreneurial attitude in the relationship between self efficacy belief and entrepreneurial intention was confirmed.

This descriptive-correlation study was comdmcted to investigate factors influencing the statistical information technology by agricultural and natural resources students of Nahavand Payame Noor University. the population study was 318, from whom 175 students were selected by stratified random sampling Technique. Data were collected by questionnaire That’s validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability was measured through ordinal alpha coefficient (α=0.86).According to findings, agricultural student had Medium attitudes towards the adoption of information technology in general. The result of path analysis showed that the variable of students’ attitudes towards using information technology had the most significant effect on the adoption of information technology (β= 0.56).
Furthermore, the other variables like: working experience with internet and computers (β= 0.53), Participate in training courses(β=0.46), students’ perception of easy application (β=0.39), usefulness (β=0.28) and their proficiency in English language (β= 0.20), had the most effects on the adoption of information technology and respectively ranked in other priorities.
It suggested that necessary condition to provid positive attitudes for the students and more use of information enhancing literacy and experience using of computers and other information in students through their participation in computer training classes and courses.

The main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship willingness among agricultural and natural resource students, of Agricultural and Natural Resources University of Zabol. The statistical population consisted of 2500 agricultural and natural resources students in 2013-2014 academic year from that 178 students were randomly selected. Data were collected through the application of an instrument consisted of two parts including; Wong and low Emotional Intelligence Inventory and entrepreneurship willingness measurement tool. The research instrument was given to the academic staff of the department of agricultural extension and education to test its content validity. Ordinal theta was calculated to measure reliability of research tools (θ= 0.82-0.88). Data were analyzed using SPSS21. Results showed that there were positive relationship between emotional intelligence and all its components (self emotion appraisal, utilization of emotion, other’s emotion appraisal, regulation of emotion) with entrepreneurship willingness among agricultural and natural resources students. Also, based on ordinal regression analysis, variables: other’s emotion appraisal (OEA) and utilization of emotion (UOE), were able to predict entrepreneurship willingness changes among agricultural and natural resources students.

Students’ perception about the Educational Services Quality (ESQ) is a fundamental key to improve educational activities and students’ academic achievement in higher education institutions around the world. However, the influencing mechanisms of students’ perception of ESQ on academic achievement have not been considered seriously by researchers. Therefore, the aim of this survey was to investigate that how agricultural student’s perception of QES in Ramin University affects on their academic achievement. Statistical population of this research was consisted of M.SC students; from that by using Krejcie and Morgan sampling table 110 participations were selected. Structural Equation Model (SEM) via LISREL software was used to evaluate validity and reliability of the research questionnaire, and also to examine goodness of the latent variables and to test research hypothesizes. The result of confirmatory factor analyses confirm both “the validity and reliability” of the questionnaire and “the goodness the latent variables”. The results of path analysis by using the AMOS software portrayed that the interaction quality and the university’s atmosphere quality have most direct affect on student’s perceive of ESQ and have most indirect affect on student’s academic achievement. In the other where, perception of ESQ and satisfaction in total has most direct affect on student’s academic achievement. Moreover, perception of ESQ has significant affect on students’ academic achievement.

The main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between learning styles and academic achievement among agricultural and natural resource students, of the University of Tehran. The statistical population consisted of 3859 agricultural and natural resources students in 2013-2014 academic year from that, 265 students were randomly selected. Data were gathered through the application of an instrument consisted of main two parts including Kolb Learning Style Inventory of 1985. The research instrument was given to the academic staff of the department of Agricultural Extension and Education, University of Tehran to test its content validity. Ordinal Theta coefficient was calculated to measure reliability of items of learning styles (θ= 0.77-0.86). During this study, non-parametric statistical methods were used and data were analyzed using SPSSwin15. Applying Kruskal–Wallis test revealed that students with different type of learning style were significantly different in academic achievement. In the study, majority of the students were found to have assimilator and diverger learning styles.