Status of Teaching Pre-Vocational Subjects in the Junior Secondary School Level (Agricultural Science and Home Economics)

Autor/inn/en	Ndem, J. U.; Akubue, B. N.
Titel	Status of Teaching Pre-Vocational Subjects in the Junior Secondary School Level (Agricultural Science and Home Economics)
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 7 (2016) 4, S.103-109 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Prevocational Education; Junior High School Students; Agricultural Education; Secondary School Teachers; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Qualifications; Instructional Materials; School Administration; Teaching Methods; Home Economics; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Enterprise education; Vorberufliche Bildung; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Lehrqualifikation; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hauswirtschaft; Hauswirtschaftslehre
Abstract	This work assessed the status of teaching pre-vocational subjects in junior secondary school level. The study adopted descriptive survey method. The population of the study was 2,916, while the sample for the study was 215 pre-vocational teachers and agricultural science and home economics students. The study was carried out in Afikpo Education Zone Ebonyi State. Four purposes of study and two hypotheses guided the study. The instrument used for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire. The instrument was validated by 3 experts. The reliability of the instrument was determined by the use of Cronbach alpha, and the reliability coefficient was 0.84. the data for the study was collected by the researchers and the research assistants. Research Question 1 and 2 were analysed using percentages while research question 3 and 4 were analysed using mean and standard deviation and the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics. Based on the analysis, the following findings emanated among others; 92% of the teachers were qualified, the school administrations co-operates in teaching of pre-vocational subjects, instructional materials were available for teaching of pre-vocational subjects. It was recommended among others that the teachers should adopt demonstration and project methods instead of story methods in teaching of pre-vocational subjects. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01