EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION: UNVEILING GENDER DISPARITIES AMONG TEACHERS IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Gender, Emotional intelligence, Teachers, DisparityAbstract
There is vast imbalance in emotional intelligence of agricultural teachers across gender line as they see their profession as last resort for survival which affects their commitment to job and decreases their performance on job. This study examined gender disparity of agricultural teachers’ emotional intelligence in Oyo State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 90 {45 and 45 male and female respectively} agricultural teachers for the study. The first stage involved the stratification of the State into senatorial districts. The second stage involved the random selection of 3 Local Government Areas each across the senatorial districts. Stage three involved purposive selection of 30 agricultural teachers in each of the selected Local Governments in stage two. Using structured questionnaire, data were obtained on emotional intelligence of agricultural teachers. Data were analyzed using student t-test statistic. T-test revealed no significant difference (p>0.05) in emotional intelligence (t = 0.59), self-awareness (t = 0.18), self-management (t = -0.02), social-awareness (t = 0.62) and relationship management (t = 1.04) exhibited by male and female. The study concluded that the emotional intelligence of the male respondents is not different from their female counterpart. Therefore, management should enhance the emotional capacity of the teachers to increase their competency in order to support students in overcoming negative personality and emotions for improved academic achievement.
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