Title: CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES: MISSING TOPIC IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CURRICULUM IN NIGERIA.

Authors:
Ali Christian C., Okwo Chinyere R., Nwakile, Toochukwu C. & Ejiofor, Tochukwu E.

Abstract: Abstract The study was carried out to identify objectives, contents of climate change issues to be integrated into the senior secondary school animal husbandry curriculum as well as teaching and evaluation methods that could be used by teachers in Nigeria. Four research questions were answered by the study while four null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 73 comprising of 46 teachers of and 27 extension agents. A 67-item structured questionnaire developed from literature was used for data collection. The questionnaire items were face-validated by three experts while Cronbach alpha method was used to determine the internal consistency of the items which yielded .85. The copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents with the help of two research assistants. Weighted mean was used to answer the research questions while ttest statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance at 71 degrees of freedom. The findings of the study revealed that 13 objectives and contents needed to be infused into the animal husbandry curriculum, 22 teaching methods for teaching of the contents and 17 evaluation methods for student‟s assessment. The study showed that there was no significant (p > 0.05) difference in the mean responses of agricultural science teachers and extension agents on each item in the objectives and content of climate change issues to be integrated, teaching and evaluation methods. The study recommended among others that the identified objectives and contents be infused into animal husbandry curriculum while the teaching and evaluation methods be utilized by teachers for teaching and assessing students in climate change issues integrated into animal husbandry curriculum in Nigeria. Keywords: Climate Change, Curriculum, Secondary School, Animal Husbandry,Integration

Publication Date: 2018-06-09