Influence of New Technologies on Teaching of Business Education Courses in Tertiary Institutions in Kwara State

Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Pedagogy - Job Education, Occupational Training, Further Education, Kwara State University (COLLEGE OF EDUCATION), course: BUSINESS EDUCATION, language: English, abstract: The study investigates the influence of new technologies on the teaching of business education courses in tertiary institutions in Kwara state. Four research questions and one hypotheses guide the conduct of the study. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. A total of 48 business education lecturers in the public tertiary institutions in Kwara state were selected. A questionnaire with Cronbach reliability of 0.70 was the instrument used for data collection. Percentages mean score was used to analyze the research questions while t-test was used to analyze the hypothesis. The result of the data collected and analyzed indicated that lecturers have access to the new technologies for teaching of business education courses. The result of the test of the null hypothesis showed no significant difference in the mean rating of respondents. It was concluded that new technologies have a positive influence on the teaching of business education courses. It was recommended among others that institutional administrators should encourage business teachers through sponsorship to acquire knowledge and skills in the area of new technologies.