A Study on the Development of Entrepreneurship Skills of Agricultural Applied-Scientific Students in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Agricultural applied-scientific education responsible for developing the practical skills of students as well as their theoretical education can play an important role in developing some characteristics, abilities and skills of students by developing Entrepreneurship Skills programs in education planning. To this end, the study investigated the entrepreneurship skills development of agricultural appliedscientific students of east Azerbaijan province, Iran in 2013. It was done using survey method. The statistical samples of the study were 488 applied-scientific students. The sample numbers was 122 that were calculated by the Cochran formula. The instrument of the study was questionnaire and the data were gathered through the stratified random sampling. The validity of the study instrument was confirmed by the professors of Tehran and Teacher Training Universities and agricultural applies-scientific clearsightseers. The reliability of the study was calculated by Cronbachs’ alpha coefficient that was (?=0.82). It means that the instrument of the study is reliable. The data were analyzed using SPSS. The results of the Spearmenʹs’ correlation coefficient showed that there is positive and significant relationship between age, the level of father education, the application of entrepreneurship education methods and entrepreneurship skills development of students. Also the results of Kruskal- Wallis test showed that the father job has an effect on entrepreneurship skills Development of students.