مستوى انقرائية بعض المجلات الزراعية المصرية بين العاملين بالجهاز الإرشادي بمحافظة البحيرة

الملخص EN

The present research mainly is aimed at identifying the variables affecting the level of readability of some Egyptian agricultural journals among extension agents in el-Behira governorate.

this main objective is achieved through the following sub-objectives: 1.

identifying some of the main characteristics of the research sample.

2.

measuring the level of readability of some Egyptian agricultural journals among extension agents in el-Behira governorate including; al-Irshad Azzera’y journal.

al-Ahram Azzera’y journal.

Assahifa Azzera’yia journal and Alam alFikr Azzera’y journal.

through deploying the cloze test.

3.

determining the significance of differences between the examined agricultural journals according to their level of readability.

4.

identifying the correlational and regression relation between the independent variables examined on one side and the level of readability of some of the agricultural journals among extension agents in el-Behira governorate and 5.

identifying the main obstacles that decreasing the importance of agricultural journals in the agricultural extension field and their solutions according to the respondents’ point of view.

the current research was conducted in el-Behira governorate.

a random sample of 79 respondents representing around 75% of the total number of agricultural extension agents in el-Behira was selected according to Robert mason’s equation of sample size.

the research data was collected during interviews using questionnaires made for this purpose.

several statistic methods were applied according to nature of the data collected.

as well as.

the research objectives including: percentage.

frequency tables.

standard deviation.

and medium.

Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks was chosen to identify the differences between the examined agricultural journals according to their readability.

as well as.

Pearson simple correlation coefficient.

chai square and multiple regression were applied.

the research reached the following results: - according to the completion test results the readability of the examined agricultural journals categorize them in a disappointing level as the respondents fail to understand their content even I they get help.

the same applies to al-Ahram Azzera’y journal.

Assahifa Azzera’yia journal and Alam alFikr Azzera’y journal.

while the level of readability in case of al Irshad Azzera’y journal categorized it at the educative level.

so the extension agents need help to comprehend its content according to the levels of the cloze test.

-there were significant differences at p 0.01 among the examined agricultural journals based on their level of readability on the cloze test favoring al-Irshad Azzera’y journal compared to al-Ahram Azzera’y journal.

Assahifa Azzera’yia journal and Alam alFikr Azzera’y journal.

-the readability level of some of the Egyptian agricultural journals among the agricultural extension agents in el-Behira governorate were positively and significantly correlated at p 0.01 with the following variables: age.

marital status.

entertainment and leisure activities.

exposure to sources of agricultural information.

quality of printed materials.

comprehension of text and illustrative materials.

there was also a positive and significant correlation at p 0.05 with the variables of experience in agricultural extension and the fields of training courses attended and the degree of benefiting from them.

yet.

the relation was insignificant with the rest of the variables.

-the examined variables explain around 80% of the variables’ role in the level of readability of some Egyptian agricultural journals among extension agents in el-Behira governorate according to R2 and the model showed the significance of the effect of the following independent variables: age.

marital status.

entertainment and leisure activities.

exposure to sources of agricultural information.

quality of printed materials.

comprehension of text and illustrative materials at p 0.01 based on the calculated (t) value with the following values 5.83.

4.06.

3.09.

4.75.

5.25.

4.87 respectively.

-the main obstacles undermining the importance of the Egyptian agricultural journals in agricultural extension work discovered were; scarcity of volumes printed of such journals and irregularity.

dependence on the search engines instead of the printed journals.

lack of specialized topics in the agricultural fields and inaccuracy of the published information and recommendations.