Achieving Sustainable Development Goal of Quality Education through Integration of Emerging Techologies in Teaching of Business Education

Abstract

This study examined the extent of integration of emerging technologies in teaching Business Education courses in Universities in Enugu State as one of the measures for achieving sustainable development goals in Enugu State. One research question and one hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study comprised 26 Business Educators in the two public Universities offering Business Education programme in Universities in Enugu State. The main instrument for data collection was the researchers’ structured questionnaire tagged’ extent of integration of emerging technologies for teaching Business Education courses in Universities in Enugu State. (EIMTECH). The instrument was validated by three experts from the Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Mean was used to answer the research questions while standard deviation was used to determine the closeness or otherwise of the responses from the mean. The hypothesis was tested using a t-test at the.05. level of significance. The findings revealed that the extent of integration of emerging technologies in teaching of Business Education courses is low. The study further revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of Business Educators teaching in Federal and State Universities in Enugu State. The study concluded that emerging technologies plays significant roles in achieving sustainable development goals. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommended that Business Educators need to be trained and re-trained regularly on emerging technologies and also University management should ensure adequate implementation of policies that would propel the integration of emerging technologies by Business Educators to a high extent.