ARJASR |
Academic Research Journal of
Agricultural Science and Research |
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research Vol. 3(2), pp. 25-31. February, 2015. ISSN: 2360-7874 DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2014.038
Full Length Research Effects of Educational Background on Students’ Attitudes toward Agriculture at king Saud University
Mohammed Saleh Shenaifi
Department of agricultural extension and rural sociology, College of agriculture, king Saud University, Riyadh E-mail: moalsh@yahoo.com
Accepted 30 December 2014
The primary
purpose of the study was to determine the attitudes of students at king
Saud University toward agriculture programs and the field of agriculture
in an effort to better identify, recruit, and retain students in the
College of agriculture. The population of the study was 860 students
from king Saud University .The retain were 200 from Sciences Colleges
and 300 from Humanities Colleges. Questionnaire reviewed for content and
face validity by a panel of experts from department of agricultural
extension at the college of agriculture, King Saud University. A
three-point Likert -type scale was used. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient
was found to be 0.89, which indicated the internal consistency of the
scale. Generally, the attitudes of students from Sciences Colleges
toward the field of agriculture were positive. The attitudes of students
from Humanities Colleges toward the field of agriculture were somewhat
negative. Nearly 71% of respondents from Science Colleges and 28% of
respondents from Humanities Colleges indicated that Agriculture is a
scientific area of study. Only 41% of the respondents from Science
Colleges and 20% from Humanities Colleges indicated that more students
should be encouraged to enroll in the College of food and Agricultural
sciences. Sixty one percent of respondents from Sciences Colleges and 56
percent of respondents from humanities colleges indicated that Colleges
of agriculture are better suited to male students. Significant
differences at the level of 0.01 were detected, in means of students
from Sciences Colleges and those students from humanities Colleges.
Students from Sciences Colleges displayed different attitudes toward the
field of agriculture than did students from humanities Colleges.
Generally, students from Sciences Colleges possessed attitudes, which
were supportive of agriculture as a career field. They viewed
agriculture as being both scientific and technical. It was recommended
that a counseling program should be implemented to better create
awareness between students and identify and retain students who may be
interested in pursuing degrees from the College of Agriculture
How to
cite this article: Shenaifi MS (2015). Effects of Educational
Background on Students’ Attitudes toward Agriculture at king Saud
University. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 3(2):25-31.
|
|
© Academic Research Journals/ Privacy Policy