LEVERAGING ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM IN RIVERS STATE
This paper investigated leveraging on artificial intelligence technologies fo implementation of senior secondary school agricultural science curriculum in Rivers State. The research work used descriptive survey design with a population of 82 teachers and a sample size of 40 derived by stratified disproportionate sampling technique. The study was guided by two research questions. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire by the researchers with 14 items measured on a modified 4-point Likert scale. The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability coefficient of the instrument 0.71 was calculated using Cronbach-alpha. Data analysis was done using mean and standard deviation. Findings showed that the teacher leveraged on artificial intelligence technology through computer-supported means and that private school teachers leveraged on artificial technologies more than their public school counterpart. It was recommended that agricultural science teachers should develop themselves further on how to leverage on emerging artificial intelligence technologies for better output in curriculum implementation, students of senior secondary school agricultural science should be oblige the opportunity for adequate practical sessions to consolidate capacity, education stakeholders should help to give schools support in the area of provision of artificial intelligence gadgets, etc.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, technologies, curriculum implementation, agricultural science
