Training Manual Needs of Lecturers in Turkey Production in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was on Training Manual Needs of Lecturers in Turkey Production in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria. Five specific objectives guided the study, while five research questions were answered and five corresponding null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted instrumentation research design and was conducted in North-East, Nigeria. The population for the study was 454 made up of 105 Registered Turkey Farmers and 349 Agricultural Extension Agents. The sample size for the study was 213 made up of 105 Registered Turkey Farmers and 108 Agricultural Extension Agents and was determined using Taro Yamane formula. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: Training Manual Needs of Lecturers in Turkey Production Questionnaire (TMNLTPQ) with 49 structured items statement. The instrument was subjected to face and content validation by five experts. The validated instrument was trial-tested on 30 respondents, comprising 15 Registered Turkey Farmers and 15 Agricultural Extension Agents in Benue State in North-central, Nigeria. The score obtained from trial-test was subjected to reliability test using Cronbach Alpha method, which yielded reliability coefficient of 0.93. The researcher with the help of six research assistants administered 213 copies of the questionnaire and retrieved all of them for analysis. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answered research questions and t-test statistics to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that nine objectives of turkey production manual were relevant for lecturers and forty contents of turkey production manual were appropriate for lecturers. The study further revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of the responses of respondents on relevance of the objectives of turkey production manual and there was however, statistical significant difference in the mean ratings of the responses of respondents on appropriateness of the contents of turkey production manual. It was recommended among other that: Agricultural Education Lecturers should be encouraged to use the relevant objectives and appropriate contents in the manual as a guide for effective instructional delivery and the developed manual should be made available to Agricultural Education Lecturers by school administrators for utilization in teaching and learning of turkey production.