EXTENT OF USAGE OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES BY FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC BALI LECTURERS

Abstract

Innovative teaching strategy is an effective approach that enables students to be globally competitive. The strategy is used in teaching and learning to acquaint students with digital skills that are required in the modern business offices. Three research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were tested. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The studied innovative teaching strategies were classified into three, namely: blended learning, interactive learning and Artificial Intelligence in education. The population of the study comprised four hundred and nineteen (419) lecturers in Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 95 lecturers out of the population. The sample of the study was therefore, ninety five (95) lecturers. A 45-item self-structured questionnaire titled Extent of Usage of Innovative Teaching Strategies Questionnaire (EUITSQ) was the instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability procedure was used to establish the internal consistency of the instrument and a reliability coefficient index of 0.82 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. The study found among others that lecturers combine both traditional in-class training and high-tech online teaching, lecturers are physically present to control over time during blended learning, they are physically present to place, path and pace lessons, AI makes students responsible for learning, lecturers create an environment where students feel encouraged to speak up. The study recommended among others that lecturers should update their knowledge on the different innovative teaching strategies so that they can use it to make recipients relevant after graduation., lecturers should always make use of the interactive learning strategy because it gives students the access to full participation in the lessons.

Keywords: AI, innovative, strategies, teaching and usage