Social Media on Skill Acquisition and Academic Performance of Business Education Students in Colleges of Education in Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper scrutinized social media influence on skill acquisition and Business Education students’ Academic Performance in Colleges of Education in Enugu State, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted in line with three questions and two null hypotheses. The population of the study consists of 119 subjects made up of 24 Lecturers in Business education / 95 NCE III Business Education students in Federal College of Education, Eha-amufu and Enugu State College of Education (Technical), Enugu State. The sample constituted 119 subjects for the study, selected through purposive sampling since all population were used. Data collection for the study was done through a 32-item structured questionnaire. Three experts face-validated the instrument with a Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.87. The data collected was analyzed using frequency, percentage and mean for answering the research questions while null hypotheses was tested utilizing t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The study recognized Facebook, WhatsApp, wiki, Google among others as social media platforms for learning Business Education. The findings equally showed that the use of social media has positively influenced skill acquisition and Business Education academic performance of students in Colleges of Education in the study area. The study among others recommended improved use of social medial platforms to complement teaching and learning in Nigerian schools.

Keywords: Social Media, Skill Acquisition, Academic Performance, Business Education, Colleges of Education.