Abstract
The study was design to investigate impact of Entrepreneurship skills in teaching and learning Agricultural Education in Federal College of Education Okene Kogi State, Nigeria. Two specific purposes guided the study while two research questions were answered. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population of the 120 comprises of both students and lecturers of the department of Agricultural Education Federal College of Education Okene Kogi State. While simple random sampling techniques was used to select a sample of 90 students and 10 lecturers as respondents for the study. The instrument used for data collection was twenty items structured questionnaires. The instrument was validated by two experts in Agricultural Education department in Kogi State University Anyigba. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha reliability procedure which yielded a coefficient of 0.72. Data was collected through direct contact with the respondents and analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. The findings revealed that entrepreneurship skills are very important in Agricultural Education. It equally helps in managing of Agricultural products. It is recommended that curriculum developers should build in entrepreneurship skills in Agricultural Education curriculum. Also, Agricultural Education should not be based on theory alone.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Skills; Agricultural Education. Teaching and Learning
Publication Date: 2023-09-09