Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohsen Salman ¹
• Ghadir Firouznia ²
• Behruz Gharani Arani ³

¹ Director General of the Office of Development, Training and Promotion of Cooperatives and Organizations of the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Geography,Law &Social Sciences Faculty, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Law &Social Sciences Faculty, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The present study was conducted in response to the assessment of specialized agricultural training needs, the method of implementation and measurement of the effectiveness of specialized agricultural training required by the heads of the board of directors and managing directors of rural production cooperatives. The statistical sample in the educational needs assessment section consisted of 67 heads of the board of directors and 67 managing directors by simple random method, and 56 experts (including 28 experts responsible for exploitation systems and 28 experts from the education department) were selected. Specialized training courses were selected based on the calendar approved by the Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives, and agreement measurement was used to determine the educational needs. The 5e constructivist teaching model (activation, exploration, explanation, elaboration, and evaluation) was used to implement the training courses. The data collection tool was a questionnaire based on the Kirkpatrick effectiveness assessment model, whose reliability was estimated at the desired level by calculating the ordinal theta coefficient and composite reliability and validity were also estimated by referring to the construct validity index. The results of the descriptive findings indicated that in the educational needs assessment section, there was consensus among experts, board chairmen, and managing directors regarding the educational needs of familiarity with water laws and regulations, how to form watershed groups and manage irrigation on the farm, converting and processing agricultural and livestock products, managing the use of chemical fertilizers and micronutrients, familiarity with agricultural pesticides and their use in agriculture and horticulture.

Keywords

• Educational needs assessment
• 5e constructivist teaching model
• rural production cooperative
• educational effectiveness

Main Subjects

• Agricultural education