INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO PEDAGOGY FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined integrating technology into pedagogy for improving students’ performance in Agricultural Education programme in Colleges of Education in South-East, Nigeria. The study was guided by three research questions and three corresponding null hypotheses were formulated. The population of the study was 430 comprising 185 Agricultural Educators and 245 final year Agricultural Education students. The sample of the study was 205 comprising 88 Agricultural Educators and 117 final year Agricultural Education students. The sampling technique adopted was purposive sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha statistic which yielded overall reliability co-efficient index of 0.84. The data collected were answered using mean and standard deviation and the null hypotheses were tested using the t-test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the data analyses revealed that to high extent Interactive Whiteboard integration, Educational Tablets and Artificial Intelligence integration into pedagogy improved Agricultural Education students’ performance. Based on the findings, it was recommended that there is need for Agricultural Educators in Colleges of Education to show more concern in integration of technologies into pedagogy for improving Agricultural Education students’ performance in South-East