Abstract:
This study was carried out to determine the skill improvement needs of teachers of Agricultural Education Programme in soil erosion management for effective teaching of students in Colleges of Education in South Eastern Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design making use of Borich Need Assessment method. The sample was made of all the 120 Lecturers and teachers of Agricultural Education in Universities and Colleges of Education in the area of the study. A 69structured questionnaire items developed from the literature reviewed was used to collect data from the respondents. Cronbach alpha method was adopted for determining the internal consistency of the items and coefficient of 0.815 was obtained. The study found out that, teachers of agricultural education needed improvement in 37 skill items in soil erosion prevention and 30 skill items in soil erosion control measures for effective teaching of soil erosion management to their students in colleges of education in south-eastern Nigeria. It was therefore recommended that teachers of agricultural education in colleges of education in the study area should make themselves available for re-training programme in areas they were found deficient for effective teaching of soil erosion management to their students while the administrators of colleges of education should help approve re-training programmes for their teachers to help them improve themselves for better performance of their job.
