University Students’ Opinion on Urban Agriculture Course: A Case Study

Year 2021, Volume: 18 Issue: 44, 7505 - 7519, 26.12.2021

Hüseyin Berk Türker

https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.928253

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

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Kentsel Tarım Dersine Yönelik Bakış Açıları

Abstract

Kentsel tarım son zamanlarda dünyada ve ülkemizde öne çıkan sürdürülebilir popüler konseptlerden biridir. Dünya’da üniversitelerde kentsel tarım eğitimine yönelik çeşitli programlar ve dersler bulunmaktadır. Fakat ülkemizde kentsel tarım eğitimi olduça yetersiz düzeydedir. Uşak Üniversitesi lisans düzeyi öğrencilerine yönelik üniversitenin ortak seçmeli dersler havuzu için alan dışı seçmeli ders olarak kentsel tarım dersi açılmıştır. Bu ders Türkiye’de lisans düzeyindeki ilk kentsel tarım dersidir ve öğrencilerin kentsel tarıma ilişkin farkındalıklarının ve bilgi düzeylerinin artırılmasını hedeflenmiştir. Bu araştırmada. Uşak Üniversitesinin farklı bölümlerinden 3. sınıf öğrencilerinin seçmeli ders olarak seçtikleri kentsel tarım dersine yönelik görüşlerinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada 2019-2020 Bahar dönemi kentsel tarım soru dersini alan 40 lisans öğrencisine çoktan seçmeli, evet / hayır ve boşluk doldurma tiplerini içeren 19 sorudan oluşan bir online anket uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizi için SPSS Statistics 24 paket programında yer alan tanımlayıcı istatistiksel analiz yöntemleri ve ki-kare testinden faydalanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda öğrencilerin kentsel tarım dersine ilişkin görüşlerinin olumlu olduğu, ders içeriği ve materyallerinin yeterli olduğu ve dersin online eğitim için uygun olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ayrıca dersin sonunda kentsel tarıma olan farkındalığın arttığı gözlemlenmiştir.

Keywords

Kentsel Tarım Eğitimi, Kentsel Tarım Dersi, Kentsel Tarım, Kent Tarımı, Online Eğitim

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