ABSTRACT
The study sought to examine the issues of community based
resources and instructional delivery in Agricultural Education in Universities
in South East, Nigeria. Five (5) specific purposes guided the study, five (5)
research questions were answered, and five (5) null hypotheses were tested at
0.05 level of significance. The study adopted survey research design. The
population for the study was 68 lecturers of Agricultural Education from the
public Universities consisting of Federal and State owned universities in the
area. The entire population was used because they were manageable and
accessible. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire
titled Issues of Community Based Resources and Instructional Delivery in
Agricultural Education Questionnaire (ICBRIDAEQ), consisted of 133 items. The
questionnaire was subjected to face validation by three experts, two from the
Department of Agricultural and Vocational Education and one from the Department
of Science Education (Measurement and Evaluation Unit) of Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. The reliability of the
instrument was established by a pilot study carried out on 15 Agricultural
Education lecturers in University of Uyo and Akwa-Ibom State University and the
result was analyzed using Cronbach Alpha reliability method to obtain a
reliability coefficient of 0.78. Data were collected with the help of three
Research Assistants. 68 copies of the questionnaire were administered and 64
copies (94%) were retrieved and analyzed using mean and standard deviation to
answer research questions and t-test was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level
of significance. It was found from the analysis that there is high level of
availability of community based resources and low level of utilization of
community based resources in instructional delivery in Agricultural Education
in Universities in South East, Nigeria; there are 13 criteria for selection of
community based resources. There are 12 problems associated with the
availability and utilization of community based resources for effective instructional
delivery in Agricultural Education in Universities in South East, Nigeria.
There are 10 solutions to the problems identified, among the solutions are
provision of adequate fund for agricultural education practical and giving
adequate time to Agricultural Educators to explore the community for community
based instructional resources. Among the recommendations are that: University
management and the community leaders should build a stronger relationship in
order to enable the lecturers have access to use the community resources in
instructional delivery in Universities community leaders and development unions
should build more educational resources around their communities while
maintaining already existing ones to enable them to be available for utilization
by universities around them when needed.
DIKE, D (2024). Issues of community based resources and instructional delivery in Agricultural Education in Universities in South East, Nigeria:- Dike, Florence C. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 24, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/issues-of-community-based-resources-and-instructional-delivery-in-agricultural-education-in-universities-in-south-east-nigeria-dike-florence-c-7-2
DIKE, DIKE. "Issues of community based resources and instructional delivery in Agricultural Education in Universities in South East, Nigeria:- Dike, Florence C" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 15 Apr. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/issues-of-community-based-resources-and-instructional-delivery-in-agricultural-education-in-universities-in-south-east-nigeria-dike-florence-c-7-2. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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DIKE, DIKE. "Issues of community based resources and instructional delivery in Agricultural Education in Universities in South East, Nigeria:- Dike, Florence C" Mouau.afribary.org (2024). Accessed 24 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/issues-of-community-based-resources-and-instructional-delivery-in-agricultural-education-in-universities-in-south-east-nigeria-dike-florence-c-7-2