Competency Improvement Needs of Lecturers of Agricultural Education for Teaching Agricultural Mechanization in Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria

 

 

Abstract

This study is on competency improvement needs of lecturers of Agricultural Education for teaching Agricultural Mechanization. Seven research questions and seven null hypotheses were formulated. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of 175 Lecturers of Agricultural Education in Public Colleges of Education were used. A structural questionnaire called Competency Improvement Needs Questionnaire (CINQ) was developed and used for data collection. Five (5) experts validated the instrument. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.89 using Alpha – Cronbach Method. Seven research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Weighted mean and Improvement Needs Index (INI) was used to answer research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses. It was found out that lecturers of Agricultural Education in Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria did not posses competency improvement needs for teaching Agricultural Mechanization. It was also find out that Agricultural Education Lecturers in North Central Nigeria required Competency Improvement Needs in all the stages of teaching. It was therefore recommended that refresher training is required to help the lecturers acquired the needed competency improvement in teaching. This can be done through lecturers attending conferences and seminars organized for training lecturers for teaching in North Central Nigeria.