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Investigation of Agricultural Education Systems and Labor Market Needs in Iran

Author(s): Mehdi Shariatzadeh Joneydi

The goal of this research was to analyze and evaluate the components of agriculture high school system in Iran and adapting them with the needs of market. This research is quantity-applied which is done according to correlativedescriptive method. The population included the experts and the workers of the field. All the chosen experts were included in the research (N=60), and 120 of the workers were chosen by the multiple cluster method. The main research tool was a questionnaire. The questionnaire's validity was proved by a group of experts, and its reliability, with Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.73 for the experts and of 0.85 for the workers, was announced as suitable. The results indicated that in analyzing the rate of influence and adaption of the goals of agriculture high school system with the needs of Iran, variables of entrepreneurship, providing the work force, training half-skilled work force, training technicians, preparing people to occupy the job opportunities, and making new job opportunities are important. In analyzing the adaption rate of absorption process in agriculture high school system the results showed that the process of education leading, and giving priority to students who had experiences in agriculture fields are influential in the analyzes. In analyzing the adaption rate of the education program with the market needs five variables of internship methods, academic and workshop equipments, skill standards, academic minors, and methods of evaluating applied and skill-based courses specify 47% of changes related to the adaption rate of education program with the market needs.