A PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD PROCESSING AMONG AGRICULTURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

This study drives at developing awareness of knowledge and environmental skills associated with food manufacturing among students of agricultural secondary stage. The researcher has fulfilled his study by reviewing literatures and established a pilot study for tackling these topics. The study uses several tools including the Environmental Knowledge Test, Observation Card of Environmental Skills associated, and A Proposed Program For Developing Environmental Knowledge And Skills Associated With Food Processing. with nutritional industrialization, to be applied on a sample of (100) male/female students of secondary agricultural schools in Qaluibyia governorate Using experimental Curriculum Tools are applied pre/post the proposed program. The study. comes to these results: There is a significant statistical difference at (0.05) between average scores of Students study group regarding the pre/post application of the Environmental Knowledge Test and Observation Card of Environmental Skills in favor of the post application. There is a very highly positive correlation at (0.01) between average scores of students on Environmental Knowledge Test, Observation Card of Environmental Skills and The treatment impact is calculated and so the impact of the independent variable (0.99) to tow study tools (the Environmental Knowledge Test, Observation Card of Environmental Skills) It was further calculate average percentage gain was (1.249) for the Environmental Knowledge Test, while the ratio (1.2099) Observation Card of Environmental Skills. The study recommends: 1- Include the environmental dimension and environmental terms and knowledge contained the present study methods of education, especially technical secondary education Agricultural of food to take advantage of the proposed program 2. The need for Ministries of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture Cooperation, facilities and food processing, and those responsible for livestock, and vegetable, and food industries, and industries nutrients, and complementary to serve the agricultural high school students, including benefits them and develop their knowledge of environmental and skills outside courses to books and outside the school environment (such as traffic factories lectures specialists from those actors and distribution of memoranda explaining the ways of working markets in the field of food processing) 3. follow modern teaching methods, and varied with the help of technologic4l means, field visits, away from traditional teaching in the agricultural education schools roads.