Investigating the current situation of higher agricultural education in Khuzestan Province from the perspective of metacognitive approach

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TAGHIBAYGI M.; BARADARAN M.; ALIBAYGI A.H.

Title

Investigating the current situation of higher agricultural education in Khuzestan Province from the perspective of metacognitive approach

Author(s)

TAGHIBAYGI M. | BARADARAN M. | ALIBAYGI A.H. | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

Meta-cognitionQ1

Faculty memberQ2

Higher EducationQ1

AgricultureQ1

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Metacognition as an individual's knowledge about how to learn. This should be considred in agricultural Higher Education centers because the familiarity with metacognitive topics and its role in the process of teaching learning is an attempt on the part of the educators to take an effective step to play an influential role in the effectiveness of the country's agricultural Higher Education system. The education that is based on metacognition leads to lifelong learning in the learners in a way that cultivating such a trait in agricultural students leads to curiosity, responsibility, and the flourishing of creativity. In fact, by using the right methods of learning and studying (metacognition), agricultural learners and students can learn the material that is related to their field of study better and more easily. Methods: The present applied research was a kind of descriptive survey method. The statistical population of the study were the Faculty members of Agriculture at Shahid Chamran University (N = 82) and the Faculty members of Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (N = 85) from whom the data were collected. The research instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. In the first stage of its design, based on consultation with the research team and based on the theoretical foundations, the most important components of Higher Education and Agriculture were identified. After determining these components, the criteria for each component were identified based on the theoretical foundations. The indicators were identified during three Delphi stages through conducting interviews with 15 metacognitive experts. The method of selecting experts was in the form of snowballs. In the first stage, based on a review of the theoretical foundations and the viewpoints of the experts (in the form of open-ended questions and interviews), the indicators were identified for the main components related to metacognition. In the second stage of Delphi, a new questionnaire was prepared. After collecting the second stage questionnaires and analyzing the answers, the items with an average of 3. 33 and above were confirmed. The approved items were used to design the third stage questionnaire and to indicate the agreement or the disagreement of the experts. After data analysis, indicators that were agreed upon by 66% and above were finally approved. Findings: The results showed that the agricultural Higher Education system of Khuzestan Province is in an unsuitable level in terms of all components of metacognition except educational planning and educational environment. Examination of the current situation of agricultural Higher Education based on the identified indicators showed that in the components of the curiculum, education management and inservice training courses, planning, evaluation, educational environment and teaching based on the amount of one-sample ttest, there is a significant difference between the real value and the assumed value. The course has two criteria of participation and justification that the value of the t-test showed that there is a significant difference between the two real and assumed values. The component of education management and inservice training courses has two criteria of empowerment and justification and the t-test shows a significant difference between the real and the assumed values. The evaluation component has two criteria of participation and performance and the value of the t-test showed that there is a significant difference between the two real and assumed values. The component of the educational environment also has two criteria of motivation and facilitation-interaction in a way that the value of the t-test in all these three criteria shows a significant difference between the amounts of the two real and assumed values. The teaching component has three criteria, namely before teaching, during teaching, and after teaching. The value of the t-test shows a significant difference between the two real and the assumed values. The results of the F-test show that there is a significant difference at the level of 0. 001 between the academic rank of the respondents at the level of 0. 005 and between the field of study of the Faculty members in terms of performing the tasks that are related to metacognition. Conclusion. The current situation in the components of the curriculum, education management and inservice training courses, educational evaluation, instructor or teaching duties, educational planning and learning environment is not at an appropriate level. This means that various indicators of metacognition are not properly observed in these components. Given the importance of these components in agricultural Higher Education to achieve its macro goals and vision, the system should be reviewed and revised based on the indicators that are of significance and priority. It is necessary for the policymakers and planners of agricultural Higher Education to consider the indicators related to the main components of the system which have been identified in this research in planning and designing the educational programs. The policymakers and planners are advised to change the educational system in a way that the dominant atmosphere in the classrooms would be participatory and cooperative and the content of the books be adjusted in such a way that critical thinking as a strategy of deep learning can be facilitated.

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APA: Copy

TAGHIBAYGI, M., BARADARAN, M., & ALIBAYGI, A.H.. (2020). Investigating the current situation of higher agricultural education in Khuzestan Province from the perspective of metacognitive approach. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY OF EDUCATION (JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION), 14(4 (56) ), 915-936. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/374894/en

Vancouver: Copy

TAGHIBAYGI M., BARADARAN M., ALIBAYGI A.H.. Investigating the current situation of higher agricultural education in Khuzestan Province from the perspective of metacognitive approach. JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY OF EDUCATION (JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION)[Internet]. 2020;14(4 (56) ):915-936. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/374894/en

IEEE: Copy

M. TAGHIBAYGI, M. BARADARAN, and A.H. ALIBAYGI, “Investigating the current situation of higher agricultural education in Khuzestan Province from the perspective of metacognitive approach,” JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY OF EDUCATION (JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION), vol. 14, no. 4 (56) , pp. 915–936, 2020, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/374894/en

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Investigating the current situation of higher agricultural education in Khuzestan Province from the perspective of metacognitive approach