GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study examined the utilization of modern instructional delivery strategies for development of employability skills in business education students in South East Nigeria. A survey research design was used for the study. Two research questions were used for the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study comprised of 165 Business educators from the Tertiary Institutions in the South East that offer Business Education Program. There was no sampling because the population size was manageable. Structured questionnaire titled modern instructional delivery strategies for development of employability skills (MIDSDES) was used to collect data from the study. The instrument was validated by three experts, one from business education department, AlvanIkoku Federal University of Education, Owerri, one from the department of measurement and evaluation, AlvanIkoku Federal University of EducationOwerri and the third from the department of Vocational and Technology Education, NnamdiAzikiwe University, Awka. The Instrument was also subjected for internal consistency using Cronbach Alpha coefficient and a reliability coefficient of 0.86 was obtained. The instrument consists of 19 item questions. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The results of the study showed that for business education students to acquire the necessary and relevant employability skills for effectiveness in the present society, there is need for business education students to be taught making use of modern instructional strategy of collaborative learning, corporative learning, Jigsaw learning, computer based , Flipped classroom, think- pair –shar, reflective learning, field trips, teaching among others to contribute to business education student employability skills like, team work skills, time management skills among others that help to enhance the employability skills of business education students in the tertiary institutions in the South East. Also, the knowledge and skill in making use of modern technologies in teaching is highly required. It was recommending among others that the institutions should organize workshop where business education teachers will be trained on the use of required innovative teaching strategies.

KEYWORDS: Utilization, Modern Instructional Strategy, Employability Skills, Business Education.