IMPACT OF PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS IN TEACHING OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN THE IPERE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AGYARAGU, NASARAWA STATE.

¹Usman Stephen, and ²Azan, Baba James, ³Oguche Damian Monday, ⁴Yakubu MikailuMachuwe, ⁵Elisha, Bulus Gidinye & ⁶Iyimogah, Ose Olobo

^1,Department of Educational Administration and Planning, Nasarawa State University, Keffi,

²Department of English, Nasarawa State University Keffi

^3,6Ipere College of Education, Nasarawa State

^4,5Department of General Studies, Ipere College of Education, Nasarawa State

E-mail: usmanstephen.ndo@gmail.com, azanbaba@gmail.com, babaojma1@gmail.com, Mikailu4real@gmail.com, elbulusgidinye@gmail.com, iyimogaholobo@gmail.com

Abstract

This study examined the impact of pedagogical skills in teaching of Agricultural Education in Ipere College of Education Agyaragu in Nasarawa State. Two (2) research questions and two (2) hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study. Descriptive survey design adopted was used for the study. The Population of the study was 120 students and 9 lecturers representing 20% of the total Population were sampled from NCE one- three department of agricultural education using simple random sampling. The structured questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to collect data for the study. The instrument used for the study was a modified four point-Likert type questionnaire of Strongly Agreed (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviations were used to answer the two research questions, while chi-square (X²) test of goodness of fit was used to test the two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that pedagogical skills used in teaching agricultural education has impact on students in Ipere College of Education Agyaragu  and pedagogical skilled needed by agricultural education have positive impact on lecturers instructional delivery on students learning performance. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that students should be stimulated to participate in field work for expertise and self-reliant and agriculturist education lecturers should