Influence of Business Studies Teacher Roles in Teaching of Business Studies in Public Secondary School; A Case Study of Kaduna North LGA
Chapter One
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are;
- To ascertain the state of business studies teachers in Kaduna North L.G.A
- To assess teachers’ preparation of lesson plans in business studies in public secondary schools in Kaduna North L.G.A.
- To examine the roles of business studies teachers on the academic performance of business studies students.
- To examine the evaluation of students’ academic work and records keeping by business studies teachers.
- To examine the relationship between the roles of business studies teachers and the academic performance of business studies students
- To examine the use of teaching aids and task management in the class.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Business Studies in Nigeria
Prior to 1977, no subject was called Business studies in Nigeria education system. It came into existence as a result of the introduction of Junior Secondary School (JSS) in the 6-3-3-4 system of education in 1981, with five specific subject areas which include: office practice, bookkeeping / accounting, typewriting, shorthand and commerce. Due to the need to transform our secondary school system to be in tune with global and national demands, the FRN through NERDC made Typewriting an elective subject while Insurance and Store management were added to business studies in 2008. Business studies form a means of laying foundation for national, technological, economical advancement and for higher education (N.P.E, 1981 revised in 2004) and (FRN, 2008). According to the researchers, it equips its recipients with personal skills, consumer skills, and knowledge for clerical and managerial (Malik et al., 2010) abilities needed to adapt to changing economic and business realities and these skills made them to be wealth and job creators rather than wealth and job seekers. Atakpa (2004) posits that it is that aspect of education that concern itself with vocational and professional preparation for career in business. Ehisiemen (2005) and Aliyu (2006) see it as a comprehensive, practical and skill subjects while Ogben and Amahi (2008) maintained that business education equips students with knowledge and skills that will help them to find a job after schooling or create their own employment. The main objectives of business studies and other related subjects according to Okwuanaso and Nwazor (2000) is to instil in the students a pattern of thinking, develop attitudes and values before such habits become unchangeable, since it has become a psychological fact that after few years of one’s life, ways of reasoning, behaviours (Khan et al., 2010), analysis and economic decisions (Malik et al., 2011) somehow follow a fixed pattern. In the field of business studies as in other aspect of education, teaching effectiveness makes learning not only meaningful but interesting and applicable to work and environmental demands.
Business Teacher Teaching Effectiveness
The teaching profession over a decade has been faced with many challenges in Nigeria with negative impact on the quality of education and the status of the Nigerian teachers. The most single critical element in the education process is the teacher who plans, organizes, designs, directs, motivates and inspires others to learn using standard teaching techniques to impart knowledge. Teaching according to Adeola (2011) citing Oyedeji (1998) is the process of imparting in the students’ knowledge, skills and attitude in order to bring about a desirable change in learners. Knapper and Wright (2001) posit that teachers are the hub of the educational system. Teachers are the most important factor in students learning next to students themselves. As a result, the pre-eminence of teachers, the application of pedagogical knowledge into classroom oriented plan of actions constitute most essential fabric upon which the success of the school, its administration and the entire education system rest upon. Education can change one’s culture of learning, mind-set and orientation to values. Desirable transformation can only occur in the learner when a teacher has a good mastery of the subject matter, have a map to follow in terms of wellprepared lesson plan / note, grab the students’ attention through effective class control mechanism or strategy, recognize student attention span, plan activity for the students by allowing students to participate actively in the teaching-learning encounter. The teacher should maintain approved lesson period, utilize visual aids, voice, eye contact and body movement as a way of stimulating the students, summarize lesson and evaluate lesson using all sorts of continuous assessment techniques. According to Gbenedio (2012), Nigeria cannot make much progress towards the broad attainment of vision 20:2020 unless the government strengthened her educational system. The success of our educational system especially secondary schools system depends upon a number of factors: the government, the society, students, the teachers’, and the quality of teaching, devotion and effectiveness of the teachers. Business studies teachers’ effectiveness could be measured on the ability of the teacher to utilize appropriate techniques to impart in the students’ knowledge, skills and competencies capable of bringing desired positive learning outcome. Diamond (2004) sees teacher effectiveness as a teacher’s ability to produce desired results measured in terms of how well the teacher is able to maximize learning in the students. According to Ferdinand (2007), Omoifo and Urevbu (2007) effective teaching implies the use of clearly formulated objectives by the teacher, illustrated instruction that will enable students to acquire desires knowledge content, apply the knowledge to classroom and other related problem, think and take independent decision and the use of effective evaluation technique by the teacher.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to influence of business studies teacher roles in teaching of business studies in public secondary school
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information on influence of business studies teacher roles in teaching of business studies in public secondary school. 200 staffs of selected secondary schools in Kaduna North was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain influence of business studies teacher roles in teaching of business studies in public secondary school
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of business studies teacher roles in teaching of business studies in public secondary school
Summary
This study was on influence of business studies teacher roles in teaching of business studies in public secondary school. Six objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the state of business studies teachers in Kaduna north L.G.A, to assess teachers’ preparation of lesson plan in business studies in public secondary schools in Kaduna north L.G.A, to examine the roles of business studies teachers on academic performance of business studies students, to examine the evaluation of students academic work and records keeping by business studies teachers, to examine the relationship between the roles of business studies teachers and academic performance of business studies students and to examine use of teaching aids and task management in the class. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected secondary schools in Kaduna North. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up of principals, vice principals adm, senior staff and junior staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
It is indisputable that teachers are the bedrock of students for academic performance, national growth and development. Teachers are the producers of individuals with critical skills for socio-economic development. They need to be effective in order to produce competitive knowledge workers for the global knowledge based economy. One important way of improving classroom teaching and learning in educational system is through giving support to teachers and business teachers in particular by encouraging and motivating them through proper provision of needed teaching materials required for effective impartation of knowledge to the students. Principals should monitor the implementation of teachers’ instructional roles to ensure that they prepare their lesson notes in line with the curriculum objectives and deliver them in conformity with the allotted time range, since it is a known fact that when teachers perform well in the classroom, students will likely perform better academically
Recommendation
- The education sector should be transformed by re-enforcing our teaching force. Qualified and dedicated teachers should be employed without being biased. This should be done by requesting the institution that graduate students to make input during teachers’ selection stage.
- Principals should devote more time to their instructional leadership functions by supervising and monitoring teachers’ instructional preparation and delivery closely. They should encourage teachers to discharge their instructional roles better by rewarding high performers with double promotion recommended to the appropriate authority. This will help to motivate others.
- Corruption and insincerity in Nigeria need to be tackled since they constitute problems to teaching effectiveness especially when dedicated, deserved and merited teachers are not motivated, promoted or encourage. This attitude dampens ones’ morale and paves way for ineffectiveness among public officers.
- Enough funds should be budgeted for education and utilized judiciously without diverting it for selfish interest. Fund is essential for performing administrative roles, staff welfare, procurement of instructional materials and laboratory equipment and facilities for teaching practical and effective demonstration.
- Teachers’ welfare need to be taken seriously by providing well equipped relaxation centres for stress management, paying them uniform salary in line with their counterparts in other ministries in order to boost morale and image of the profession and releasing promotions promptly
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