The Resilience of Educators in Agricultural Higher Education Sys tem in Covid 19 Pandemic Crisis

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 - M.Sc. Graduated, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D, Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

10.22092/jaear.2022.128994

Abstract

The aim of this research is the comparative analysis of the educators’ resilience in the agricultural higher education system in the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic. The research is quantitative in nature, practical in terms of purpose, and descriptive and comparative in terms of the method of analysis, which was carried out using the survey method. The statistical population was 3640 (N= 3640) of educators in agricultural faculties in public universities across the country. Using Krejcie and Morgan’s table and stratified random sampling with proportional assignment, 347 of them were selected as the sample (n= 347), of which 288 completed the research questionnaires (response rate= 82.5 percent). The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. The Convergent validity was also checked with values of CR=0.80-0.90 and AVE=0.50-0.83. The reliability of the questionnaire was also tested by calculating ordinal theta (θ = 0.71-0.90). In order to analyze data SPSS26 software was used. In addition to descriptive statistics, mean comparison test (independent t) and One Way Anova test were used. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the resilient behavior of educators in universities with different performance levels (international, national, regional and local). There was no significant difference between the resilient behavior of educaors with different levels of experiences, different age levels, gender and different academic scientific level. Based on the findings, suggestions have been made in order to improve the resilience behavior of the educators.

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