IMPROVEMENT NEEDS OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS FOR MAINTENANCE OF MODERN LEARNING RESOURCES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN UNIVERSITIES IN ANAMBRA AND DELTA STATES
Okorafor, Anthony Osinachi
ao.okorafor@unizik.edu.ng Department of Technology and Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,
Onokpaunu, Michel Oghenekaro
Department of Technology and Vocational Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,
This study investigated improvement needs of business educators for maintenance of modern learning resources in business education programme in universities in Anambra and Delta States. Three research questions were formulated and three null hypotheses were tested for the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The entire population of 79 business educators in four public universities in Anambra and Delta State were studied without sampling. A validated five-point rating scale questionnaire containing 29 items was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha was used to obtain reliability coefficients of 0.76, 0.84 and 0.72 for the different clusters which yielded an overall coefficient of 0.77. The instrument was administered to the respondents with the help of four research assistants. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that improvement needs for preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance were highly needed by business educators for modern learning resources in business education programme in universities in Anambra and Delta States. There is no significant difference in the mean ratings of business educators in universities in Anambra and Delta States on improvement needs for preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance for modern learning resources in business education programme. The study concluded that business educators in Anambra and Delta States have no choice than to acquire the requisite preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance skills with which to keep modern learning resources in operational state in order to improve the quality of their instructional delivery in universities. The study recommended among others that heads of business education departments in universities should encourage training and retraining programmes for business educators on the maintenance of modern learning resources in order to ensure their availability and utilization for instructional purposes.
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