Volume 13, Issue 1, 2024

Integration of Modern Technology in Business Education Curriculum of College of Education for Students’ Self Reliance in Kwara State

Ogungbo Moruf Olawale, Oniyide Idris Olawale, Abbas Jamiu Abiodun & Abdulraheem Ismail Kunm

Abstract

This paper was carried out to examine integration of modern technology in business education curriculum of college of education for students’ self-reliance in Kwara State Nigeria. Three (3) research questions guided the study and the descriptive survey design was adopted. The population of the study comprised One hundred and twenty 300level Business Education students from Colleges of Education of Education in Kwara State Nigeria and the entire population was studies, this is owing to the small number of the subject involved in the study. A structured questionnaire titled: Modern Technology in Business Education Curriculum for Students’ self-reliance Questionnaire validated by three (3) experts was used for data collection.The study made use of Kuder-Richards formula (K-R 21) to determine the reliability of the instrument and a reliability coefficient of 0.92 was obtained which was high enough for the instrument to be considered reliable. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions. The findings revealed among others that the benefits of modern technology include: Promotion of economic and business activities for self-reliance, Enhancing reasoning skills for self-reliance, Enhancing business and marketing research for self-reliance and others among all. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that Business Education students should be encourage and motivated towards the effective utilization of modern technology for self-reliance

Keywords

Integration, Modern Technology, Business Education, Curriculum, self-Reliance

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