فصلنامه پژوهش و برنامه ریزی در آموزش عالی
بررسی علل انصراف دانشجویان از تحصیل؛ مورد دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه
نویسندگان
1 دانشیار پردیس کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه، کرمانشاه، ایران
2 دانشجوی دکتری ردانشجوی دکتری رشته توسعه کشاورزی، دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه، کرمانشاه، ایرانشته توسعه کشاورزی، دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه
3 دانشجوی دکتری رشته توسعه کشاورزی، دانشگاه رازی کرمانشاه، کرمانشاه، ایران
4 کارشناس ارشد رشته ترویج کشاورزی، دانشگاه شیراز،، شیراز، ایران
چکیده
در حال حاضر، آموزشعالی کشاورزی کشور با مشکلاتی از قبیل نگهداشت دانشجویان در دانشکدههای کشاورزی مواجه است. این وضعیت دشوار موقعی نمود جدیتری به خود میگیرد که میزان انصراف دانشجویان روند افزایشی داشته باشد. در این مطالعه کیفی دلایل انصراف دانشجویان در دانشکده کشاورزی دانشگاه رازی بررسی شده است. نمونهای هدفمند از 101 دانشجو، که طی سالهای92-1390 از ادامه تحصیل انصراف دادهاند، انتخاب شد. برای جمعآوری دادهها از مصاحبه تلفنی استفاده شد. تحلیل محتوای مصاحبه تلفنی نشان داد که دلایل متعددی به انصراف دانشجویان از تحصیل منجر شده است. در مجموع، 11 طبقه بهعنوان عوامل مؤثر در انصراف دانشجویان استخراج شد که عبارتاند از: امید نداشتن به آینده کاری رشته کشاورزی، علاقهمند نبودن به رشته کشاورزی، بازخورد منفی مشاوران در انتخاب رشته کشاورزی، مشکلات اقتصادی خانواده، پایین بودن منزلت اجتماعی رشته کشاورزی، مردانه تلقی شدن رشته کشاورزی، مشکلات خانوادگی، علاقه نداشتن به ادامه تحصیل، مشکلات مربوط به دوره خدمت سربازی، نبود آگاهی درباره رشته کشاورزی و اشتباه کردن در انتخاب رشته. نتایج این مطالعه میتواند دستاوردهایی را برای سیاستگذاران آموزشعالی کشاورزی و بهخصوص مسئولان دانشگاه رازی به همراه داشته باشد. آنها میتوانند از این نتایج بهمنظور برنامهریزی برای ایجاد تصویری مثبت از رشتههای کشاورزی بهره بگیرند و برنامههای مؤثری را برای دانشجویان سال اول در رشته کشاورزی تدارک ببینند.
کلیدواژه‌ها
عنوان مقاله [English]
Determining factors that influence Dropout Rates in Agricultural College at Razi University
نویسندگان [English]
- Kiumars Zarafshani 1
- Lida Sharafi 2
- Akram Binaian 3
- Afsaneh Malekhosseini 3
- Marzieh Norouzi 4
- Hossein Heidari 3
1 Associate Professor, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 Doctoral Candidate in Agricultural Development, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah
3 Doctoral Candidate in Agricultural Development, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah
4 M.Sc. in Agricultural Extension, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
چکیده [English]
Currently, agricultural higher education is facing retention problems among students in agricultural colleges in the country. This dilemma is more serious when dropout rates show an increasing rate. This qualitative study sought to investigate the reasons behind college dropout in College of Agriculture at Razi University. A purposive sample of 101 students who dropped out of college during 1390-1392 participated in this study. Data was collected using telephone interviews. Content analysis of telephone interviews showed diverse reasons behind student dropout. A total of 11 categories emerged as factors influencing students' dropout: 1) Being hopeless towards agricultural job market in the future, 2) having no interest in agricultural discipline, 3) receiving negative feedback from advisors when choosing major, 4) having family with financial problems, 5) low social acceptance towards agriculture in the society, 6) agriculture being a male dominated discipline, 7) family economic problems, 8) not interested in continuing education, 9) being pre-occupied with military service, 10) not being aware about agriculture as a discipline, and 11) choosing a wrong major. Results of this study can have implications for agricultural higher education policy makers in general and Razi University in particular. They can use the results in planning for creating a positive image of agriculture major and developing effective orientation programs for freshmen entering agricultural disciplines.
کلیدواژه‌ها [English]
- Higher Education
- Dropout
- Agriculture
- Retention
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