Environmental Attitudes of Agricultural Students: the Case of Shahid Motahari Agri–Vocational School in Shiraz

The aim of this study was to evaluate the environmental attitudes of students of Shahid Motahari agri–vocational school. For this purpose a survey method was used and the data collection was completed using a questionnaire which was validated by a panel of experts whereas its reliability measured for various sections of the questionnaire using Cronbach’s alpha were 0.61 to 0.83. The population consisted of all the students of different fields of study in Shahid Motahari agricultural vocational school during 2013-2014. Based on Krejcie and Morgan's table of sampling, 80 students were selected through simple random sampling methodology. Findings revealed that, sophomore and junior students had average positive environmental attitude scores. Moreover, students' access to information resources was at a low level. No significant difference was seen between sophomores and joniors regarding their environmental attitude scores. Other results showed that urban students believed more in environmental crisis than their rural counterparts. Regression model indicated that the reference group norms, access to information resources, and individuals’ family background were the most important determinants of students’ environmental attitudes. Students’ average annual scores (GPAs), field of study, interest in their field of study and class orders played a great role in explaining environmental behavior among agricultural vocational school students.