the purpose of this study was to determine students’ attitudes toward international agricultural issues. the population for the study consisted of agricultural extension students at tehran and shiraz universities, agriculture and natural resources colleges’ (n= 170). a stratified random sampling technique was employed to select samples, (n= 120). the study was conducted during the fall 2007 usi...

The purpose of this study was to describe the learning style of 1994 incomingfreshmen students enrolled in the College of Food Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. The study investigated the relationships between learning style, academic performance, and selected student characteristics. Results of the study indicated that the 1994 enteringfreshmen tended to le...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of agricultural literacy materials designed for the Incubators in the Classroom program used in Indiana fourth grade classrooms. This article reports on the study objectives: determine the impact of the educational materials on fourth grade students’ and teachers’ knowledge level of agricultural professions and identify fourth grade st...

This study investigated differences in learning styles and personality types among engineering students, agricultural systems management students, and faculty in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Learning styles and personality types were evaluated using the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), respe...

From radical positions it is argued that it will take paradigmatic transformations to develop a sustainable agriculture and that values and attitudes have to be changed. To find out if teachers and students in higher agricultural education are motivated for radical changes a survey based on the Alternative-Conventional Agriculture Paradigm Scale (ACAP-scale) was conducted. The ACAP-scale shows ...

BACKGROUND Populations in agricultural communities require health care that is interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral to address the high rate of workplace deaths, preventable injuries and illness. These rates are compounded by limited access to services and the distinctive personal values and culture of farming populations, which both health and rural practitioners must be aware of to red...

The purpose of study was to identify entrepreneurial personality traits of agricultural students who were studying at Bu-Ali Sina University in 2013 academic year. The study has used a surveying methodology. The study's samples were 150 agricultural students both senior undergraduates and graduates which were selected by a randomized sampling method. Data collection tool was a structured questi...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between university education and agricultural students' entrepreneurial spirit. to do this study, 150 samples were selected by using stratified random sampling methods among senior students both on graduated and undergraduates levels in bu-ali sina university. data collection tool was a researcher made questionnaire  which  its  vali...

objective: today people are aware of the important role of agriculture as a vital source in their life. development in agriculture and making healthy food for human, needs trained man. vocational schools and agricultural training centers provided the first stage for arriving at this purpose. one of the reasons for the weak influence of agricultural training centers in creating occupational oppo...