AVAILABILITY, ADEQUACY AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Availability of Instructional Materials, Adequacy of Instructional Materials, Utilization of Instructional Materials, Business Education Students, Skill Development.Abstract
The study examined the extent of relationships between availability of instructional materials, adequacy of instructional materials, utilization of instructional materials and skills development among Business education students in universities in Ogun State. The study adopted a correlational survey research design to achieve the purpose of the study. A simple random sampling method was used to select 358 respondents. The author used a structured-questionnaire for data collection, titled: “Questionnaire on Availability, Adequacy and Utilization of Instructional Materials for Skills Development among Business Education Students (QAAUIMSDBES)” with a reliability coefficient value of 0.78 via the use of a Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) statistic. The data collected were analyzed using PPMCC. The findings revealed that there exist significant relationships between availability of instructional materials (r = 0.136, P<.05), adequacy of instructional materials (r = 0.149, P<.05), utilization of instructional materials (r = 0.926, P<.05) and skills development among Business education students in universities in Ogun State. The author recommended, among others, that government should source for more skilled and qualified lecturers to teach Business education courses, as this will help to equip Business education students with the requisite skills required to be gainfully employed after graduation
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