STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DELIVERY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated delivery strategies in Business education for national development in Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A total of 106 lecturers of Business education were studied. There was no sampling because of the sizeable population. Survey research design was employed. Data for the study were collected using questionnaire named Delivery Strategies in Business Education for National Development in Oyo State Questionnaire. The (DSBENDOSQ) was a modified four point likert scale, designed as Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree which was validated by three experts in Business Education and Test and Measurement Department. The reliability coefficient of 0.81 was obtained using Cronbach alpha.106 copies of the instruments were administered on the respondents in their institutions by the researchers. Data were analysed with mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while the t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05level of significance. Findings revealed that respondents adopted instructional materials and instructional strategies for delivery of Business education. Gender did not significantly influence the mean rating of the instructional materials and instructional strategies adopted for delivery of Business education. It was recommended among others that the federal and state government should make adequate budget allocations for the provision of multimedia and hypermedia instructional materials, it was also recommended that adequate efforts should be made by administrators of Business education programme to map out pedagogical methodology in the application of multimedia and hypermedia in the teaching and learning process.