Stakeholders' assessment of forestry education in Southest Asia
Issue Date
2003
Abstract
The dawning of a new forestry paradigm focusing more on people-oriented or participatory forest management has ushered major changes in the forestry profession. This study assessed the responsiveness of forestry education to the challenges created by the new paradigm in forestry. It presents a profile of the forestry profession as viewed by five important stakeholders: the forestry undergraduates, forestry graduates, forest educational institutions, forestry employers, and non-forestry graduates with certain association with foresters. forestry. Recent trends, realities and needs of the current forestry profession were identified and analyzed.
The results showed the discrepancy between the skils and competencies expected by the employers from the graduates and the training provided by educational institutions. Hence, major reform in the forestry curriculum was suggested to give more emphasis on the social dimension of the course and field exposure of the students.
Source or Periodical Title
Journal of Environmental Science and Management
ISSN
0119-1144
Volume
6
Issue
1
Page
1-9
Document Type
Article
Frequency
semi-annually
Physical Description
table
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Pulhin, Juan M.; Breva, John Freeman A.; Breva, Lourdes A.; and Tapia, Maricel A., "Stakeholders' assessment of forestry education in Southest Asia" (2003). Journal Article. 5340.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/5340