The Effects of Educators' Professional Capabilities on Occupational Success of Graduates of Agricultural Scientific-applied Higher Education Centers

Subject Areas : Education

M. بختیاری فایندری ¹ (دانش‌آموخته‌ی کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد)
M. بذرافشان مقدم ² (عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد)
M. آهنچیان ³ (عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد)
H. کارشکی ⁴ (عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد)

Received: 2015-03-04 Accepted : 2015-03-04 Published : 2015-02-20

Keywords: Agricultural higher education, Agricultural scientific-applied courses, Professional capabilities, Occupational success,

Abstract :

This study examined the effects of educators' professional capabilities in occupational success of graduates of agricultural scientific-applied higher education centers. From among 510 graduates in the central region, 145 participants were selected through stratified sampling. The main instrument of the study was a questionnaire and the collected data were analyzed employing both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that 79.3 % of the graduates were men and the rest were women. As regards the educators' professional capabilities, it was indicated that there was a significant difference between graduates' views towards some of the capabilities. Based on regression analysis, it was revealed that "scientific ability”, “practical ability and skills”,  “mastery of technical knowledge”, “writing and speaking proficiency in Persian”, acquaintance with various scientific resources and references of agriculture field" were among the capabilities predicting occupational success of graduates.