FACILITIES FOR STIMULATING THE TEACHING OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN BUSINESS EDUCATION AS PERCEIVED BY LECTURERS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA
Abstract
This study adopted a descriptive survey design and assessed the facilities for stimulating the teaching of new technologies in business education as perceived by lecturers in universities in south-south Nigeria. A research question and two hypotheses guided this study. The population which also served as sample comprised 133 lecturers in Business education. A 37-item questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire was given to five experts in business education and two experts in measurement and evaluation for content and face validity. The reliability of instrument was determined using cronbach alpha with a coefficient value of 0.86. The data collected were analysed
using mean and standard deviation; t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings among others are that the provision of adequate internet facilities, computers, modems, discussion boards, mobile phones, video conferencing and digital cameras can help to stimulate the
teaching of new technologies. It was recommended that adequate teaching facilities and lecturers should be provided by school authorities to stimulate the teaching of new technologies.
Keywords: Facilities, stimulating, teaching, new technologies, business education, universities.
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