PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS AND ADEQUACY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION LECTURERS ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA.
| dc.contributor.author | Ademiluyi Lawrence Femi PhD & Isiaka Olaoluwa Jimoh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-19T13:04:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-19T13:04:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Unemployment has become a major economic issue in the lives of Nigerian youth, leading to an increase in militancy, violent crimes, kidnappings, political thuggery, prostitution, and other problems. Analysts have stated that job seekers’ abilities do not meet the needs and desire of labour employers in Nigeria. This study examined Perceived Influence of Instructional Methods and Adequacy of Business Education Lecturers on employability skills acquisition of business education students in south-western Universities Nigeria. The study had two specific purposes, research questions and hypotheses. The study adopted survey research design, population of the study was 116 business education lecturers in six universities that offer business education in southwestern Nigeria. The whole population was used for the study; no sample was drawn because the population is relatively small and manageable. A structured questionnaire titled “institutional factors influencing employability skill acquisition questionnaire. The instrument went through face and content validation by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ensured using the Cranach Alpha reliability method and the result yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.94. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested using analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings on the two hypotheses tested revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of business education lecturers based on years of experience regarding the influence of instructional methods and adequacy of business education lecturers on acquisition of employability skill of business education students in Nigeria universities. Sequels to the findings of the study, it was concluded that instructional methods and adequacy of business education lecturers influence employability skill acquisition of business education students in Nigerian universities to a great extent It was recommended among others that Business education lecturers must be conversant with different instructional methods and should be able to use the appropriate ones that suit the topics of the lesson that is it capable of developing students’ skill for job opportunities and entrepreneurship consciousness in the country. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/564 | |
| dc.title | PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS AND ADEQUACY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION LECTURERS ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA. | |
| dc.type | Article |