Abstract
This study investigated Knowledge and Perception of Nanotechnology among Students of Agricultural Faculties’ in Jordan. The research was based on distributing a questionnaire. This study collected data from 485 respondents, of which 410 were analyzed. The results revealed that a very significant finding that the majority of the investigated students (45%) have already heard the word ‘nanotechnology’, though (72%) of those (45%) do not know about nanotechnology very well. The results of the present study indicated that students have basic or no enough knowledge about nanotechnology. The results also showed that students were with a very superficial knowledge of Nanotechnology. Moreover, none of the examined variables has no significant effect on the perception toward nanotechnology. Even though it is expected that students with higher years of study could show more expertise and acquire more developed topics such as the Nanotechnology concept, the students showed similar knowledge of Nanotechnology regardless of their year in study. The study recommends that the Jordanian educational policymakers in higher education should consider the inclusion of the Nanotechnology concept in the curricula of the different academic courses.
Highlights
Nanotechnology is becoming more and more popular every day
The results indicated that 17.9% of the participants confirmed that the source of their knowledge about nanotechnology is personal knowledge, and 40.9% confirmed that their knowledge is from the media, while 24.6% confirmed that the source of their knowledge is from the university courses that they studied at the university, and 16.6% is from scientific researches
The results of the present study indicate that students have basic or no enough knowledge about nanotechnology
Summary
Nanotechnology is becoming more and more popular every day. It is emerging as a leading field in the technological revolution in the new millennium. Nanotechnology research is likely to change the traditional practices of agricultural products. This issue creates a challenge for the academic community to educate agricultural students with the knowledge, perception, and skills to interact and provide leadership in the emerging world of nanotechnology (Ozel, 2008). Whatever the situation in this regard, the public understanding and acceptance must be considered as one of the primary steps concerning the introduction of nanotechnology as a new and emerging technology in the market, and to regulate it to avoid a situation such as genetically modified foods and nuclear energy that the international community witnessed in recent years (Karim et al, 2019)
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