bahman Khosravipour; masoud baradaran; Fatemeh Rahimi Feyzabad
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This study was designed to investigate agriculture students’ satisfaction regarding teaching-learning process. To achieve these goals, The European Customer Satisfaction Model (ECSM) was used, as one of the most widely used model for investigating the relationship between perceived quality, value, ...
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This study was designed to investigate agriculture students’ satisfaction regarding teaching-learning process. To achieve these goals, The European Customer Satisfaction Model (ECSM) was used, as one of the most widely used model for investigating the relationship between perceived quality, value, and satisfaction. The study was designed as a cross-sectional survey. The population of interest consists of 320 MSc students from Khuzestan agriculture sciences and natural resources university based on Krejcie and Morgan sampling table 175 students selected through a simple random sampling method. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire which was developed. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by a panel of experts from related disciplines. To determine the reliability of the various sections of the questionnaire, the ordinal theta coefficient was used (θ= %87- %95). Descriptive analysis revealed that students' satisfaction regarding university teaching and learning process was moderate to high. Structural Equation modelling using Amos24 showed that perceived value was most important predictor of student satisfaction while student’ expectations had most indirect predictor of the student’ satisfaction, The findings yield educational policy and recommendations for stimulating high educational quality among universities.
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The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing the satisfaction of graduates employed in the agricultural sector. The research is a cause-correlational .Statistical population consisted of all alumni of agricultural extension and education working related to their field in agricultural sector ...
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The aim of this study was to identify factors influencing the satisfaction of graduates employed in the agricultural sector. The research is a cause-correlational .Statistical population consisted of all alumni of agricultural extension and education working related to their field in agricultural sector in the Northern provinces (Mazandaran, Golestan and Gilan). Due to the limited size of the population, the census was done (N=51). The research tool was a questionnaire, the validity of which was approved by agricultural extension experts and faculty of agricultural extension and education in Islamic Azad University of Sari and its reliability was estimated to be =θ0.89. Data analysis in two descriptive and analytical statistics was done by applying SPSSWin21. The research showed that 56.9 percent of the graduates, were assessed the alignment and compatibility of their learned with their job duty as good. Graduates obtained capabilities in the areas of communication, management, evaluation, planning, research and teaching at the intermediate level. Graduates had a good and positive attitude toward their field of study. Based on the opinion of graduates, employed in operational level of agricultural activities, the importance and priority of the main courses to electives was emphasized. There was a significant and positive relationship among alignment and compatibility of learned (with their job duties) and graduates’ attitude (toward agricultural extension and education fields) with graduates’ satisfaction .The ordinal regression showed that alignment and compatibility of learned and attitude can estimate 64 percent of the possibility of changing the dependent variable
