Surveying And Determination The Level Of Professional Development In Trainers Of Agricultural- Jihad Training Complex And Centers.
2007
Shahpasand, M. R., Ph.D. Student of Agricultural Extension in Tehran University, | Hedjazi, Y., Member of Scientific Board of Tehran University, | Rezvanfar, A., Member of Scientific Board of Tehran University | Saebi, M., Member of Scientific Board of Institute for Advanced Education and Research on Management and Planning
Each educational system includes basic infrastructures which form the basis of the system that interact with eachother. As the agricultural trainer is one of the vital component in the agricultural educational systems, therefore, appropriate planning should be done for increasing their qualification levels and promote them into professional trainers. But before planning for them, first of all, their professional development level should be determined and this study attempts to do this thing. In this study, trainers` professional development level in Agricultural- jihad Training Complex and Centers in all over of Iran were determined to plan for their professional development. Studying method was descriptive and correlation and also data gathering device was questionnaire which its reliability and validity after designing were assessed. Trainers was studying statistical population which were approximately 490 people according to current information. Sample quantity were 104 people which were obtained by Cocran formula and variance calculation. In order to select samples, classified random sampling were used. Data was analyzed with SPSS software by following factors: frequency, percentage, mean, median, Coefficient of variance, regression, correlation, means comparison and factor analysis. Results show trainers in all aspects of professional development scales are in high and veryhigh levels, and from the professional development point of view are mostly suitable. Only if they passed pre-service training course in conducting operational research of students, means comparison test(the mann-whitney.U test) are significant. Means comparison test (kruskal-wallis) of attending in educational workshop, conducting operational research of student revealed Ph.D level trainers have high ranking mean among different educational degree variables. Moreover, membership in the professional societies among university fellows, showed higher ranking and significant. Correlation results shows the relation between age, level of higher education degree and teaching practice with professional development. Regression results demonstrate level of higher education degree and the age of trainers affect the professional development. In addition factor analysis show 10 factors with nearly 60% variance which mainly have similarly with standard scales and ofcourse have very little differences.
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