Competencies required by Agricultural Education Lecturers in Bee Keeping for Effective Teaching of Bee Production in Tertiary Institutions in Southeastern Nigeria
Valentine S. O. Ibe & Uloh, Emeka Victor
Department of Agri. & Home Sci Edu., Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike
Department of Agricultural Education, Ebony State College of Education, Ebonyi State
Email: ibeurovso@gmail.com & vicbethels99@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study identified competencies required by agricultural education lecturers in bee keeping for effective teaching of bee production in tertiary institutions in South-Eastern States of Nigeria, namely Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo. Four research questions were posed to guide the study and four hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study was 311. The entire population was used for the study because of the manageable size. Bee production item questionnaire made up of 54 competencies was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. A Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.74 was obtained. Three hundred and eleven copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents by the researchers with the help of three research assistants. All the administered copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t – test. The researcher observed that agricultural education lecturers required 18 competencies in planning, 19 competencies required in site
selection and construction of beehives for bee production and 17 competencies required in harvesting and marketing of Bee production. It was recommended among others that the identified competencies be used by the agricultural education lecturers in teaching bee production to tertiary institution students.
Keywords: Bee production, Competencies, Effecting teaching, Tertiary institution, Agricultural Education
