CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TEACHERS IN UTILIZING TEACHING APPROACHES FOR ENHANCED SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS FOR SELF-RELIANCE IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study was designed to assess capacity building needs of agricultural science teachers in utilizing teaching approaches for enhanced skill development of students for self-reliance in Anambra state, Nigeria. Three specific purposes and three research questions guided. The study adopted survey research design and was carried out in Anambra state. The population for the study was 430 senior secondary school teachers. Non-proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to select 50 agricultural science teachers from each of the zones which equated to a sampling size of 300 (123 males and 177 females). Structured questionnaire was employed as instrument for data collection. The instrument was face validated by five experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.82 was obtained for the instrument. Data was collected by the researcher with the help of six research assistants. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for answering the research questions. Based on the data analyzed, the study identified four teaching methods utilized by agricultural science teachers in secondary schools, five teaching techniques utilized by agricultural science teachers in secondary schools and four evaluation methods utilized by agricultural science teachers. The study therefore recommended among others that; School authorities in collaboration with the state government should organize workshop/seminars for the training/retraining of agricultural science teachers in senior secondary schools on the teaching methods that are practical oriented and the government should provide funds for the purchase of teaching aids like ICT as well as employment of technical personnel to educate the teachers on its usage.