Email this article Instructional Facilities and Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching Agricultural Entrepreneurship Subjects in Government Secondary Schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria.
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The study was on analysis of instructional facilities and pedagogical approaches for teaching Agricultural Entrepreneurship Subjects in Government Secondary Schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Two specific objectives guided the study. In line with the specific objectives, two research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 4,957 teachers and students and 500 were randomly sampled and used for the study. Structured questionnaire was used for the data collection. Four experts validated the instrument before the pilot study. Data collected from pilot study were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha. A reliability coefficient of 0.81 was obtained. The data for the main study were collected using face to face approach. The Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS), 23 was employed to run mean scores and standard deviations for answering the research questions. The research hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The study disclosed that secondary schools have no adequate instructional facilities for the implementation of Agricultural Entrepreneurship Subjects. In addition, the pedagogical approached used for implementation for the implementation is not appropriate. The study concluded that, inadequate facilities and pedagogical approach adopted by the teachers has hampered the students acquisition of skills for self-reliant as stated in the objectives of Agricultural Entrepreneurship subjects at secondary school students level in Adamawa State. The study recommended that Adamawa state government should provide needed instructional materials for effective implementation of agricultural trade subjects. In addition, teachers should adopt instructional approach that will facilitate learning and enable students to acquire skills for self-reliant upon graduation.
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