Improving Agricultural Education Curriculum Through Sea Food Resources at the Tertiary Institutions

Chidinma Okpara ,O Elom ,Ochijenu ,Chukwuma Nwofe Edu ,Joseph Ukah Ndem ,B. N. Okafor ,Francis Azunku

doi:10.7176/jep/11-35-04

Abstract

This work centered on improving Agricultural Education curriculum through sea food resources at the tertiary institutions. The research was conducted in Ebonyi state of Nigeria. The design used for this research was a survey research design. The research had five specific purposes and five research questions. The collection of data used for the study was done using questionnaire as the instrument. The questionnaire contained 50 items. The questionnaire was validated by experts in agricultural Education, measurement and evaluation and curriculum. The reliability of the instrument was determined by carrying out a pilot test. The data collected from the pilot test was analyzed using cronbach alpha which gave a reliability coefficient of 0.812. The data collected were subjected to analysis using statistical mean and standard deviation. The outcome of the analysis of the data revealed that the concepts of the sea food resources should be included in the agricultural education curriculum at the tertiary institutions, the management skills in sea food resources, the harvesting techniques of sea food resources, the processing, preservation and storage techniques of sea food resources and the distribution and marketing of sea food resources should be included in the agricultural education curriculum at the tertiary institutions. On the basis of the findings, the researchers recommended that the ministry of education, the institutions offering agricultural education and the national university commission (NUC) should include the findings of this research in the curriculum of agricultural education. Keywords: Agriculture; Education; Curriculum; food;resources;tertiary;institutions. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-35-04 Publication date: December 31 st 2020

Highlights

Agricultural education is one of the basic tools for achieving food security and economic advancement in Nigeria. Ndem, (2010) defines Agricultural education as an aspect of educational process that prepares individuals for practical skills and basic scientific knowledge required for agricultural production
The outcome of the analysis of the data revealed that the concepts of the sea food resources should be included in the agricultural education curriculum at the tertiary institutions, the management skills in sea food resources, the harvesting techniques of sea food resources, the processing, preservation and storage techniques of sea food resources and the distribution and marketing of sea food resources should be included in the agricultural education curriculum at the tertiary institutions
The decision on the research questions was based on 2.50 which was adopted as the bench mark for decision. This implies that any item in the instrument which scored the mean range of 2.50 and above was adopted as the item to be included in the agricultural education curriculum while any item that scored below 2.50 was regarded as an item that should not be included in the agricultural education curriculum at the tertiary institution

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Agricultural education is one of the basic tools for achieving food security and economic advancement in Nigeria. Ndem, (2010) defines Agricultural education as an aspect of educational process that prepares individuals for practical skills and basic scientific knowledge required for agricultural production. Agricultural education is one of the basic tools for achieving food security and economic advancement in Nigeria. Ndem, (2010) defines Agricultural education as an aspect of educational process that prepares individuals for practical skills and basic scientific knowledge required for agricultural production. Agricultural education is that aspect of vocational education that is concerned with the development of agricultural production skills and competencies in the learners. Agricultural education is taught at the tertiary institutions with the aim of producing graduates with the necessary skills, knowledge and techniques in crop and animal production, processing, marketing as well as the management of land and other resources for efficient production. The overall objectives of agricultural education according to the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN), (2013) include: 1. To develop skills and basic scientific knowledge and competences required in agricultural production

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