Abstract

Camilus Bassey Ben

This study set out to determine the extent to which personality traits of agricultural science teachers influence effective school farm management in Cross River State, Nigeria. To do this, six null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Available related literatures were reviewed according to the hypotheses postulated to provide direction and background information for the study. Two research instruments were designed and used for data collection for the study namely: Agricultural Science Teachers Personality Inventory (ASTPI), to measure their personality traits and Agricultural Science Teachers Effectiveness Questionnaire (ASTEQ) to measure their effectiveness. The sample for the study comprised 228 agricultural science teachers randomly drawn for the study area. The data obtained based on the questionnaire were quantified and statistically analyzed. For hypotheses 1 – 3, independent t-test analysis was used while for hypotheses 4 – 6, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Each of the hypotheses was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the analyses revealed that all the null hypotheses except hypotheses 5 and 6 were rejected. However, the discussions showed that to a large extent the findings conformed to some existing theories and empirical studies.