University Students’ Opinion on Urban Agriculture Course: A Case Study
Abstract
Urban agriculture is one of the most popular sustainable concepts in the world and Turkey recently. There are various programs and courses for urban agriculture education in universities around the world. However, urban agriculture education in Turkey is still developing. Therefore, Uşak University has recently started offering an urban agriculture course to undergraduate students. This course aims at increasing their awareness and knowledge of urban agriculture. It is the first urban agriculture course at the undergraduate level in Turkey. This study aims to determine the opinions of Usak University 3rd-grade students about urban agriculture courses and their attitudes towards urban agriculture after the course. An online questionnaire was conducted for 40 undergraduate students from different depart-ments who enrolled in an urban agriculture course. The questionnaire consisted of 19 questions includ-ing multiple-choice, yes/no, and fill-in-the-blank question types. In this study, descriptive statistical methods were used and answers were sought for sub-problems using the chi-square test. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the student's opinions of the course were positive, course content and materials were sufficient and the course was considered suitable for e-learning. In addition, it was observed that the awareness of urban agriculture increased at the end of the course.
Keywords
Urban Agriculture Education, Urban Agriculture Course, Urban Agriculture, Agriculture, Online Education
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