تعيين نيازهاي آموزشي نوغانداران (بررسي موردي در استان گيلان )

Determining educational needs of sericulturists (A case stud) in Gilan province)

most important problems in the educational programs in that rural people are not interest to take part in extention and educational activities because educational activities have not related to their needs that results in reducing interest and motivation among rural people and wasting extension staffs capital,time and energy of extension personnel.The present research using descriptive-correlation methodology was used in this study, aimed at studing the variables effecting their educational needs. According to the statistical reportʹs the cooperative company of sericulturing, there are 52000 sericulturists throughout the Gilan province, of which 382 sericulturists were selected for this research. Research based on the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table and using regional or cluster sampling and a questionnaires. The validity of the questionnaires determined to be 85% using Alfa-cronbach method and Spss software.Results indicated that mean age, literacy and annual income rate of the study population were 42/8 years old, 3/98 grade(between primary school and elementary) and 17103800 Rials, respectively. Also, Mean of number silkworm egg boxes, income from sericulture and record of sericulture was 4175 boxes, 3204700 Rials and 21 /91 years, respectively. The findings of the research also indicated that means of communication and participation rate were 3/51 (between moderate and high), 4/1 (between high and very high), respectively. Only 32 percent of sericulturists said that the educational courses were useful. 90 percent of them were interested to attend in educational courses. According to our findings, the best time for educational courses is winter and the best method of education is partical method and 54 percent of sericulturists acquiring nccde information from their frind and other sericulturists. Furthermore, 89 percent of them have visited the orther sericulturists mulberry farms.Results indicated there are positive significant relationships between communication rate, participation rate, acquiring scientifical information from extension departments, methods of acquiring information, career, the kind of mullberry farm ownership, visit of other sericulturists mullberry fanns, acquiring scintific information fram radio and TV with educational needs relating to sericultures. Also, there are negative significant relationships among age, literacy, income rate, take part in educational cources, reading magazines with educational needs relating to sericulture; but there is not significant relationships between gained income from sericulture, number egg boxes, record of sericulture with educational needs. Furtheremore, based on sericulturists opinions, the best method for education was practical method. Multi-variable regression indicated variable that mulberry farm ownership, reading magazines, visiting the other sericulturists mulberry farm, acquiring the scintifical information from the extension departments of sericulturing and the main career were the main effective variables which estimated about 42% of the change of the educational needs.