AN EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR SKILLS ACQUISITION IN DIGITAL ERA IN TERTIARY INSTITUTION IN ONDO STATE

Abstract

The study evaluated instructional delivery of business education for skills acquisition in digital era in tertiary institution in Ondo State. Four research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises of all the four hundred and fourteen (414) registered Business Education Students in Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State in the 2020/2021 academic session. One hundred and thirty eight (138) Business Education Students selected through simple random sampling technique were the respondents for the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The research instrument was validated by experts. A test-retest method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. A reliability coefficient of 0.86 was arrived at using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (r) statistics. Data collected were analyzed using Arithmetic Mean. The findings showed that the Business Education Students evaluate the general aspects of teaching and learning of business education for skills acquisition to be relevant in digital era, the lecturers’ use teaching/learning aids to enhance the students’ knowledge of business education for skills acquisition in digital era, the lecturers’ facilitation of teaching and learning of business education for skills acquisition in digital era was adjudged very good and the teaching and learning environment of Business education is conducive. It was recommended among others that Tertiary institution management should make provision for improved digital learning environment such as provision of private power plants, e-classrooms, e-library, e-books and so on.

Key words: Evaluation, Instructional delivery, Business Education, Skills acquisition, Digital Era.