INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) RESEARCH AND PROBLEM-SOLVING COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ANAMBRA STATE

A. C. Okoye (PhD), Fidelia Chinelo Ugwuogo

Abstract


The study was carried out to determine the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research competencies and problem-solving competencies required for effective business education programme in tertiary institutions in Anambra State.  Design of the study was descriptive survey.  The population of the study consisted of 96 business educators in five tertiary institutions in Anambra State that offer business education.  Due to the manageable size, there was no sampling (Nwana, 2015).  Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses formulated were tested at .05 level of significance using the t-test.  The instrument used for the study was structured questionnaire. The questionnaires were administered to all business educators in the five tertiary institutions in Anambra State that offer business education programme. The instrument was validated by two experts and the reliability yielded 0.82 using Cronbach Alpha.  Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Findings from the study revealed that ICT research competencies and ICT problem-solving competencies are required to a very high extent for effective business education programme.  Based on the findings of the study, the researcher concluded that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research competencies and problem-solving competencies are required for effective business education programme in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. The researcher recommended among others that Business educators should avail themselves of opportunities offered by their professional bodies to enhance their ICT competency. There should be collaboration between the Business education programme of universities and colleges of education in order to bridge the need gap in ICT competencies required for effective business education programme.  Government and school administrators should assist Universities and Colleges of Education with enough ICT facilities/tools which will enhance the teaching and learning and also create constant avenues of business educators attending on the job training, Workshops, Conferences on ICT staff development. 


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Business Education, Information and Communication Technology, ICT research competencies and problem-solving

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