Availability and Utilization of Audio-Visual Aids in Teaching Animal Husbandry for Global Relevance in Delta State Technical Colleges

Abstract

The study adopted a descriptive survey research designed to determine the availability and utilization of audio visual aids in teaching animal husbandry for global relevance in Delta State Technical Colleges. Two research Questions guided the study. The reliability of Instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha, which yielded an overall reliability coefficient value of 0.84. The total population was 30 agricultural teachers from six technical colleges of Delta State. The researchers therefore sampled the whole 30 teachers since the number is small and convenient for the research. The researchers developed 26 structured item questionnaire tagged Availability and Use of Audio Visual in Teaching Animal Husbandry (AUAVATAHQ) based on the reviewed literature to collect the data. The questionnaire was validated by three lecturers from Animal science department, Delta State University, Abraka, Anwai Campus. The data was then analyzed using Mean and standard deviation. The findings of this study reveals among others that audio visual aids are not adequately available and utilized by teachers in teaching trade subjects such as animal husbandry in technical colleges. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government and relevant professional bodies should make audio visual aids adequately available in teaching animal husbandry as well as training the teachers through conferences, workshops and seminars on the appropriate way of using the teaching aids.