Investigating the Role of Educational Factors to Protect Urban Landscapes in Tehran Metropolitan

The purpose of this research was to assess the role of educational factors in protecting urban landscapes in Tehran Metropolitan. This is a quantitative research, applied and descriptivecorrelation method was used. The research population consisted of all participants in educational courses held by Tehran municipality (N=300) and 172 of them selected by using simple random sampling method. To gather data in the field a questionnaire was employed. The content and face validity of the research instrument was confirmed by specialists in the field of agricultural extension and education. Cronbach Coefficient was applied for the purpose of reliability and 0.90 was obtained. Findings indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between communication channels, interest of participants, skill of participants, teaching methods, participantsʹ motivation, educational content program, educator, educational objectives and people motivation and dependent variable. The obtained results from multiple regressions could explain the variance of dependent variable (participant’s motivation to protect urban landscapes) from independent variables showed that communication channels, skill and interest of participants contribute to the variation of dependent variable