Appropriate educational approach for empowering women rural facilitators Villages on the edge of the Kowsar reservoir project in Tangistan

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD student in Philosophy of Education, Department of Educational Sciences , Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences , Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor of Bushehr Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Bushehr, Iran

5 Member of the Faculty of Agricultural Education and Promotion Institute, Tehran, Iran

10.22092/jaear.2024.362634.1956

Abstract

In order to preserve the environment in rural areas, it is necessary to take advantage of effective awareness-raising and training methods for the villagers. Women are the main force for transformation and a potential source for village development. The purpose of this research is to investigate effective educational components that are used in the development of empowerment of rural women facilitators of watershed projects in education related to the importance and applications of watersheds. The current research is in the category of applied research in terms of purpose and survey type in terms of strategy. The method used in this research was the combined method (quantitative and qualitative) and the data collection tool was completing the questionnaire in 2019.The statistical population of this research was all women rural facilitators located in 11 villages on the edge of the Kotsar watershed project in Tangistan city in Bushehr province, about 50 people. The sampling method in the current research was targeted non-probability census and face-to-face interviews. One-way analysis of variance has been used to compare the status of the existing and desired training programs for rural women on the margins of water catchment projects. The results of the research showed that in the current conditions , the variable of the principle of communication skills (knowledge of effective communication) is the first principle of women's education, From the point of view of rural women, the outcome they expect from education is to create jobs and employment for women in the watershed implementation area.

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