EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY A CASE STUDY OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ATIBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study examines the effectiveness of teaching and learning of agricultural
science for food security and national sustainability a case study of senior
secondary schools in Atiba Local Government Area. This study is a descriptive
research design therefore the researcher makes use of close ended structure
questionnaire to collect information for this study. The instrument was sub
divided into two major sections A and B. Section A comprises of personal data
of the respondents while section B deals with various statement developed for
the purpose of this study. Respondents were required to respond to the
statements based on the option of SA-Strongly Agree (4), A- Agree (3), D –
Disagree (2), and SD- Strongly Disagree (1) respectively. Responses of the
respondents were analyze using arithmetical mean statistical analysis. A mean
rating scale of below 2.5 were taken as disagree while above 2.5 were taken as
agreed. However, the outcome of this research finding revealed that
effectiveness of teaching of Agricultural science in secondary schools depend on
students interest, teachers support received from school administrators,
teaching method adopted, availability of instructional materials and the content
of the curriculum. Also, the outcome concluded that there are relationship
between effectiveness of teaching and learning of Agricultural science, food
security and national sustainability in Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo
state. However, the researcher recommended that challenges of teaching and
learning of Agricultural science should be effectively managed for food security
and national development to be achieved in Atiba Local Government Area of
Oyo state
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