ABSTRACT
This study is focused on the capacity building
needed by teachers of agriculture in maize production for effective teaching
ofstudents in secondary schools in Obowo LGA Imo State. Six research questions
and six hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was
used for the study. The population for the study was 27. The entire population
was used for the study. A 57-item questionnaire was used for data collection.
The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability
method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. A
reliability coefficient of 0.82 was obtained. Twenty-seven copies of the
questionnaire were administered to the respondents by the researchers with the
help of research assistants. All the administered copies of the questionnaire
were retrieved and analyzed using mean and Improvement Need Index (INI) to
answer the research Questions and the hypotheses was tested using mean,
standard deviation and t -test. The findings revealed that ten (10) skills were
needed in planning for maize production, fifteen (15) skills were needed in
pre-planting of maize, Four (4) skills were needed in planting of maize. Seven
(7) skills were needed in postplanting, Five (5) skills were needed in
harvesting of maize and Sixteen (16) skills were needed in post-harvesting
ofmaize products. It was found out that the teachers ofAgricultural science in
Obowo LGA Imo State needed capacity building in 4 skill items involved in
planning of maize production, 9 skill items involved in pre-planting operation,
4 skill items involved in planting operation, 4 skill items involved in
post-planting operation, 5 skill items involved in harvesting operation and 9
skill items involved in post-harvesting operations of maize production. The
result ofthe null hypotheses tested revealed that there was no significant
differences in the mean rating of the groups of respondents on skills needed by
male and female Agricultural Science teachers in maize production. It was
recommended that the identified skills in this study should be packaged by the
government and curriculum planners into the curriculum of agricultural science
in secondary schools where it could be implemented by the teachers of
agriculture in teaching maize production.
Keywords: Capacity Building
Needs, Agricultural teachers, Production, Planning operation, Pre-planting operation,
Planting operation, Post-planting operation, Harvesting operation and Post
harvesting operation.
AYOZIE, A (2023). Capacity Building Needs of Teachers of Agriculture in Maize Production for Effective Teaching of Students in Secondary School in Obowo Local Government Area, Imo State:- Ayozie, Virtue I.. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 24, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/capacity-building-needs-of-teachers-of-agriculture-in-maize-production-for-effective-teaching-of-students-in-secondary-school-in-obowo-local-government-area-imo-state-ayozie-virtue-i-7-2
AYOZIE, AYOZIE. "Capacity Building Needs of Teachers of Agriculture in Maize Production for Effective Teaching of Students in Secondary School in Obowo Local Government Area, Imo State:- Ayozie, Virtue I." Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 02 Nov. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/capacity-building-needs-of-teachers-of-agriculture-in-maize-production-for-effective-teaching-of-students-in-secondary-school-in-obowo-local-government-area-imo-state-ayozie-virtue-i-7-2. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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AYOZIE, AYOZIE. "Capacity Building Needs of Teachers of Agriculture in Maize Production for Effective Teaching of Students in Secondary School in Obowo Local Government Area, Imo State:- Ayozie, Virtue I." Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 24 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/capacity-building-needs-of-teachers-of-agriculture-in-maize-production-for-effective-teaching-of-students-in-secondary-school-in-obowo-local-government-area-imo-state-ayozie-virtue-i-7-2