Enhancing Lecturers’ Competencies in the Utilization of Instructional Media Devices in Agricultural Education in Colleges of Education in Benue State

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue VII, July 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

Enhancing Lecturers’ Competencies in the Utilization of Instructional Media Devices in Agricultural Education in Colleges of Education in Benue State

Christopher Mkulega Shishi*, Deborah Ogbene Onu, Gbeyongu Frederick Terkimbi

Department of Agricultural Education, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
*Corresponding author

Abstract: This paper focused on enhancing lecturers’ competencies in the utilization of instructional media devices in agricultural education in colleges of education in Benue State, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study and hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey design, using a sample of 250 respondents for data collection. With the instrument titled: Competencies in the Utilization of Instructional Media Devices Questionnaire (CUIMDQ) was structured by the researchers from the literature review and was face validated by three experts. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was determined using Cronbach alpha (α). The Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.78 was obtained. The data collected were analyzed using means and standard deviation to answer research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that 11 strategies for enhancing lecturers competencies in the utilization of instructional media devices/materials; 12 importance of effective utilization instructional media devices in agricultural education and 12 problems associated with utilization of instructional media devices by lecturers’ are needed to enhance lecturers’ competence in the utilization of instructional media devices in agricultural education in colleges of education in Benue state, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that lecturers’ needed competence in the utilization of instructional media devices/materials in vocational agriculture and technology education in colleges of education Benue State, Nigeria.

Keywords: Agriculture Education, instructional media device, lecturers, competencies, utilization

I. INTRODUCTION

Agricultural education has been described as the pivot for global development, and many nations of the world have keyed into it (Okonji, 2014). Essentially, technology education is the primary engine of economic growth. It plays a fundamental role in wealth creation, improvement of the quality of life and real economic growth and transformation in any society.

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