EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS AND CREATIVITY FOR TRANSFORMATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS EDUCATION IN POST COVID-19 ERA IN BAYELSA STATE

Abstract

The study was carried out to examine educational innovations and creativity for transformation of teaching and learning of business education in post covid-19 era in Bayelsa State. Three research questions and hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted. The population of the study consisted of one hundred (100) respondents which included 20 business educators and 80 business education students in tertiary institutions in Bayelsa State. No sampling technique was used because the entire population of 100 respondents were studied as the researcher considered it small and manageable. Structured questionnaire was used for data
collection. Reliability of the instrument was determined by using Cronbach Alpha reliability method which yielded coefcient values of 0.67, 0.57 and 0.69 and an overall reliability value of 0.63. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation (SD). Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of signicance. Result of the study revealed that educational innovations and creativity are necessary for transformation of teaching and learning of business education in the post covid-19 era in Nigeria and Bayelsa state in particular. This study revealed
that simulation-based innovation, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) innovations and ipped classroom education innovations resulted in transformation of teaching and learning of business education in post covid-19 era in Bayelsa State. Therefore, business education teachers at all levels need to rise up to these challenges and implement these educational innovations for effective teaching and learning of business education courses at all levels in Nigerian educational system. This will help overcome the effect of the covid-19 crisis and enhance transformation in business education progamme.