Document Type : Case Report
Authors
- Maisam Rafe Rafe 1
- Bahman Khosravipour 2
- Masoumeh Frouzani 3
- Masoud Yazdanpanah 3
- Abbas Abeshahi 3
- Sayed Ali Sayed Ali 1
- Maryam Roozbahani 4
1 Post Graduate Students of Agricultural Education, Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources University, Ahvaz, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources university, Ahvaz, Iran
3 Assistance Professor of Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Ramin Agricultural and Natural Resources university, Ahvaz, Iran
4 Post Graduate Student of Agricultural Biotechnology, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify factors that effecting on wood and papers student’s entrepreneurial spirit. Statistical population of this research consisted of whole wood and paper students in college of agricultural and natural of Tehran University (N= 263). A stratified random sampling method was used to select 100 students applying Morgan’s table. The main tool to collect data was a researcher made questionnaire that Content validity of the questionnaire was approved, by a panel of experts and Exploratory factor analysis and its reliability, was confirmed by calculating Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α= 0.71- 0.79). Data was analyzed by SPSSWin20 software. Results of factor analysis showed that four factors: curriculum content, psychological, teaching method and management explained 60.87 percent of the variance of students’ entrepreneurial spirit.
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