Abstract:
Eurocentrism suggests European ideologies provide the only viable sets of beliefs for understanding the world. Such belief systems were carried to America shared from one generation to another and may continue to unduly influence U.S. college students’ beliefs about the world today. The purpose of this study was to determine college students’ Eurocentric attitudes about North American and European agriculture. Results indicate that students had Eurocentric attitudes about agriculture. Upperclassmen held less Eurocentric attitudes than did underclassmen. Students generally agreed and sometimes strongly agreed with the 16 Eurocentric propositions about North American and European agriculture. Future research should include a longitudinal study of changes in the formation of Eurocentric attitudes about agriculture, as students advance from secondary to post-secondary education. Specific investigations are needed to determine if colleges of agriculture perpetuate Eurocentric ideals through their institutional foci and faculty body.
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