Publication Title AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF FACILITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FISHERY TRADE CURRICULUM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA Download PDF
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Publisher International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce Volume 03, Issue 05 "September - October 2022"
Publication Authors IMOBIGHE, M. U. Ph.D., 2OKOFU, S. N. Ph.D., 3OGWU, C. Ph.D., & 4ILOBA, L. O
Year Published 2022-10-10
Abstract Youths’ unemployment and its concomitant effect on human and food insecurity have assumed a crisis dimension in Nigeria in recent times. Federal government efforts at solving this social malaise through equipping youths with functional skills for job and wealth creation, poverty, and hunger eradication led to the introduction of a trade curriculum in the fishery in senior secondary schools. Instructional facilities availability and utility are imperative for effective vocational skills inculcation in the recipients and this mandated this study. This study investigated the availability and utilization of facilities for the implementation of the Fishery trade curriculum in public secondary schools in Delta state. The design of the study was an ex-post facto employing the survey method. The study answered two research questions and tested two null hypotheses. The data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire constructed on 5 points Likert scale type. The questionnaire was validated by 3 experts in Agricultural Education and Test and Measurement while, the reliability and internal consistency were determined using split-half, Cronbach alpha, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, and a coefficient of 0.75 was obtained which was adjudged adequate for the study. The population of the study comprised 376 Fishery teachers in the public senior secondary schools in Delta State, while the sample obtained using Slovin 1960 sample size formula was 195. The data collected were analyzed with mean, and standard deviation to answer research questions, and the hypotheses were tested with t-test statistics. The study revealed that there is a gross dearth of facilities for instruction in Fishery. It also showed that few facilities available are poorly utilized. Equally revealed by the study are that there are no disparities in the facilities available in rural and urban public secondary schools and that the available facilities utilization is not significantly different in rural and urban secondary schools in Delta State. The study recommends that government should provide facilities for Fishery instructions to enable Fishery teachers to implement the Fishery trade to engender skill acquisition among students and teachers should utilize the few available facilities.
Publication Title Capacity Building Needs Of Lecturers For Teaching Organic And Inorganic Soil Fertility Management Practice In South- South Colleges Of Education, Nigeria Download PDF
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Publisher International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM) Volume 4, Issue 10 Oct. 2022, pp: 1141-1147 www.ijaem.net ISSN: 2395-5252
Publication Authors Iloba Lucky Odor, Adaighofua Obue, Ikenga Veronica Uchechukwu
Year Published 2022-10-10
Abstract The research examined the capacity building needs of lecturers in teaching organic and inorganic soil fertility management practice.Two research questions and two hypotheses were tested. A total of 201 agricultural education lecturers in Colleges of education in South-South, Nigeria served as respondents; hence an ex post facto designed was used. A structured questionnaire titled "Organic and Inorganic SoilFertility Management Practices Questionnaire (OISFMPQ)" was used to gather data. It was created after the researcher studied the literature on organic and inorganic fertilizer management and was found reliable and validated through experts. To obtain insights into the issues at hand, we analyzed the data at hand using descriptive statistics using mean and standard deviation. The t-test was used to determine whether or not the null hypothesis was correct. It was found that there was a significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female lecturers in teaching both organic and inorganic soil fertility management practices. The results of the study show that male agricultural lecturers require capacity building in teaching both organic and inorganic soil fertility management practices than their female counterparts. It was recommended that both State and Federal government should organize internal capacity building workshops in the Colleges of Education for re-training of the lecturers especially the male lecturers, making use of resource persons in soil fertility management from universities.
Publication Title 45 Community-Based Resource Availability and Animal Husbandry Course Implementation in Delta State, Nigeria: A Pedagogical Approach Download PDF
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Publisher International Journal of Innovative Education Research 11(1):45-57, Jan.-Mar., 2023 © SEAHI PUBLICATIONS, 2023 www.seahipaj.org ISSN: 2354-2942
Publication Authors Adaighofua, OBUE 1*, Canice, N., IKEOJI,2 Lucky Odor, ILOBA3
Year Published 2023-09-09
Abstract The study examined the effect of community-based resource availability on animal husbandry course implementation in Delta state, Nigeria. The questionnaires were administered with the help of 6 research assistants; who were able to retrieve 150 copies from principals, and 210 from Agricultural Science teachers. The Multi-staged stratified random sampling procedure was used to arrive as the sample size. The questionnaire was faced validated by 5 experts while the Split-half reliability method proved that the instrument is reliable. Data pertaining the research questions were analyzed with percentages (%), means (x ), and standard deviations (SD), while the four (4) hypotheses postulated were tested using t-test at 0.05 significant level. The study found that, the mean ratings of male and female principals and Agricultural Science teachers on the extent to which (i) Animal Husbandry has been implemented (ii) Animal Husbandry is readily available in both rural and urban areas of Delta State secondary schools; and (iii) community-based resources needs for implementing the Animal Husbandry do not differ significantly. However, the mean ratings of principals and Agricultural Science teachers on the extent to which lack of community-based resources availability constitute an impediment to the implementation of Animal Husbandry in secondary schools in Delta State. Hence, the study concludes that, community-based resource availability is the major reason impeding full implementations of Animal Husbandry Courses in Delta State, Nigeria. As such, efforts should be made to ensure community resources, especially those owned by government should be made readily available to Agricultural Science teachers and students for use.
Publication Title Gender Differentials in the Capacity Building Needs of Lecturers for Teaching Biological and Physical Properties of Soil Fertility Management Practice Download PDF
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Publisher Innovations, Number 70September 2022
Publication Authors Iloba, Lucky Odor, Adaighofua Obue
Year Published 2022-09-09
Abstract The research determine gender differences in the capacity building needs of lecturers in teaching biological and physical properties of soil fertility management practice. Two research question and hypotheses were tested. A total of 201 agricultural education lecturers in Delta State served as respondents; hence an ex post facto designed was used. A structured questionnaire titled "Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Management Practices Questionnaire (SFFMPQ)" was used to gather data. It was created after the researcher studied the literature on soil fertility and fertilizer management and was found reliable and validated through experts. To obtain insights into the issues at hand, we analyzed the data at hand using descriptive statistics using mean and standard deviation. The t-test was used to determine whether or not the null hypothesis was correct. It was found that there was a significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female lecturers in teaching both the physical and biological properties of soil management practices. The results of the study show that lecturers in Delta State have different capacity development requirements based on whether they are teaching male or female students about biological and physical features of soil fertility management. As a result, male lecturers have a greater need than their female colleagues for training in how to effectively instruct students on the physical and biological properties of soil and how to effectively manage it during the teaching-learning process.