Utilization Of Digital Technologies by Business Educators for Effective Teaching of Entrepreneurship Education In Colleges Of Education in Anambra State

Abstract

This study examined the utilization of Digital technologies by Business Educators for effective teaching of entrepreneurship education in colleges of education in Anambra state. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population comprised 45 Business Educators in Colleges of Education in Anambra State. The study adopted census sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was a 50-item questionnaire validated by two experts from Business Education Department and Measurement and Evaluation Unit in the Department of Educational Foundations, Abia State University Uturu. Cronbach alpha was used to ascertain the instrument’s reliability with reliability coefficient of 0.76. Mean was used to answer the two research questions raised for the study, standard deviation was used to determine the closeness and homogeneity of responses mean while t-test statistic was used to test the five null hypotheses raised for the study at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that Business Education lecturers utilized video conferencing and digital games for effective teaching and learning of entrepreneurship education in colleges of education in Anambra state to a low extent. Gender did not significantly affect the utilization of video conferencing and digital games for effective teaching and learning of entrepreneurship education in colleges of education in Anambra state. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) should integrate digital technologies in the colleges of education curriculum, Government should train the lecturers on the digital technologies to enable them impart same to the students.