Utilisation of Innovation and Health Educators Job Performance in Federal and State Owned Colleges of Education in Delta State.

This study was undertaken to investigateutilisation of innovation and health educators’ job performance in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state. The study used descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 77 health educators in the four Federal and State Colleges of Education in Delta State. The 77 health educators were used in the study due to theirlimited number. The instrument utilised in the investigation was titled “Utilisation of Innovation and Health Educators Job Performance Questionnaire” (UIHEJPQ)”. The dependability of the instrument was established with the Pearson Product Moment Correlational Coefficient Coefficient (r). Items on the instrument were assessed with the four points scoring scale of Strongly Agree (4 points), Agree (3 points), Disagree (2 points) and Strongly Disagree (1 point). From the 77 copies of the instruments administered, 71 copies were retrieved. Male health educators were 55 and female health educators were 16. 47 experienced health educators were used while 14 inexperienced health educators were as well utilised in the inquiry. Mean rating and standard deviation wereutilised to answer the5 research questions. z test was employed to test the two null hypotheses created to guide the investigation at 0.05 levels of significance. Findings showed that the forms of teaching approaches in health education that requires innovations, the forms of innovation needed by health educators ,the factors responsible for utilisation of innovation among health educators, the consequences of non utilisation of innovation among health educators in their job performance, the strategies that can be employed to encourage the utilisation of innovation among health educators in their job performance in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state were high as the ratings were high. That there was no significant difference between male and female health educators in their utilisation of innovation in their job performance in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state. There was no significant no significant difference between experienced and inexperienced health educators in theirutilisation of innovation in their job performance in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state. It was concluded in the study the forms of teaching approaches in health education that requires innovations ,the forms of innovation needed by health educators in their job performance, the factors responsible for utilisation of innovation among health educators in their job performance ,the consequences of non utilisation of innovation have among health educators in their job performance , the strategies can be employed to encourage the utilisation of innovation among health educators in their job performance in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state were high. Male and female health educators do not differ significantly in their utilisation of innovation in their job performance in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state. Experienced and inexperienced health educators do not differ significantly in their utilisation of innovation in their job performance in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state. It was as well recommended among others that Delta state government should provide the required resources in the teaching of health education in the colleges of education to rebuild a free, all-inclusive and quality education scheme as education is internationally considered as a tool per excellence for social and monetary reform.