Seyed Abolghasem Barabadi; ali shams
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Social Network Sites (SNSs), as a tool for conveying educational messages, have a high position in the agricultural education system. The use of SNSs can affect different aspects of the educational system. Numerous studies have examined the relationship between the use of SNSs and various variables of ...
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Social Network Sites (SNSs), as a tool for conveying educational messages, have a high position in the agricultural education system. The use of SNSs can affect different aspects of the educational system. Numerous studies have examined the relationship between the use of SNSs and various variables of educational system outputs. However, an important question in this area is the relationship between students' use of SNSs and their academic performance. This study seeks to identify the factors affecting the educational use of social media and then, to clarify the relationship between educational use of SNSs and students’ academic performance (total GPA). The statistical population included 111,528 students of public agricultural colleges across the country, of which 400 students from eight universities were surveyed using Morgan table and multi-stage random sampling method. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire using Likert Scale whose apparent validity was confirmed by a number of professors in the field of agricultural extension and Persian literature, content validity was confirmed by AVE and reliability was confirmed using Cronbach’s alpha and CR. The data were analyzed by t, f and Pearson tests. The results showed that the most common use of SNSs among students is related to communicating with friends and family. There is a significant difference between the educational use of these networks by male and female students and also between students of different educational levels, but no significant difference was observed between different disciplines. It was also found that the rate of educational use of social networks among students who used these networks for educational purposes, has a positive effect on their academic performance, so it is suggested that educational administrators and planners as well as university professors pay more attention to the inclusion of these media in the curriculum.
ebrahim farmandeh; Gholamhosein Zamani; raziyeh namdar
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Responsibility as one of the aspects of morality, means that a person performs her moral duty and action with her own consent and is accountable for it. Responsibility encompasses a wide range of dimensions. The present study aimed to determine relationship between the levels of responsibility (Zamhos), ...
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Responsibility as one of the aspects of morality, means that a person performs her moral duty and action with her own consent and is accountable for it. Responsibility encompasses a wide range of dimensions. The present study aimed to determine relationship between the levels of responsibility (Zamhos), and intention to receiving career counseling towards Shiraz university undergraduate agricultural students. The research population includes 875 undergraduate agricultural students were studying in the first semester of 2018-2019 academic year. According to Morgan’s table and to reach the number of valid samples (T. Student), 330 subjects were selected by two-stage stratified random sampling. For gathering information use semi-structured questionnaire. Validity of questionnaire was confirmed by panel of experts of agricultural extension and education and the reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.95) and SPSS software used for data analysis. The results showed that personal responsibility has a direct and weak relationship with intention to receiving career counseling. Although general social responsibility has a direct and strong relationship with religious responsibility.
