Agriculture (Not Published)

Agriculture (Not Published)

Study of students’ viewpoints for the explanatory components of agricultural higher education quality (College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran)

Authors
Leila Safa
Houshang Iravani
Hosain Shabanali Fami
Abstract
The population consisted of 2202 students of College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehranm Karaj. 118 of students were selected by stratified random sampling. A questionnaire was developed to gather required data. The content validity of the questionnaire was established by faculty members at Department of agricultural extension and education, University of Tehran. A pilot study was conducted to establish reliability of the instrument via agricultural students. Cronbach alpha's coefficients for the main scales of the questionnaire was higher than 0.75. Results of factor analysis showed that the components were classified into four factors of: trainer - teaching method, educational goal - content, educational space- facilities and educational management. These four factors explained about 74.2 percent of the variance of data.
Keywords
Agricultural Higher Education
factor analysis
students
Viewpoints