Factors affecting academic motivation of students in agricultural high school in Alborz province

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Imam Khomaini Higher Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization, Karaj, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Imam Khomeini Center for Higher Education, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Karaj, Iran

3 Imam khomaini higher education center, Agricultural research, education and extension organization, Karaj, Iran

10.22092/jaear.2024.365122.2002

Abstract

The high school student community should be considered as the biggest national capital of a country. Of the most important choices of students at the end of the first period of high school is choosing the field of study to continue studying at the second period of high school. This study was conducted with the aim of studying the academic motivation of agricultural high school students in Alborz province in the academic year of 2023- 2024. The statistical population of the research was all the high school students of the mentioned fields in Alborz province (127 persons) who were selected by census. In this research, academic motivation was measured based on autonomy theory. The research method was descriptive- correlation. The tool for data collection was a questionnaire. Vallerand Bissonnette's 28-item scale was used to measure the dependent variable of the research (academic motivation. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results showed that academic self-concept with a coefficient of 0.22, interest in the field of study with a coefficient of 0.245, and attitude towards continuing education with a coefficient of 0.294 had a positive and significant effect on students' academic motivation. In total, these three variables predicted 41.2 percent of the variance of the dependent variable. Applying interviews on behalf of agricultural training centers in order to select the most motivated students to continue studying in agricultural fields is one of the suggestions of this research.

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Journal of Agricultural Education Administration Research
Volume 15, Issue 67 - Serial Number 67
February 2024
Pages 140-157

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