BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHERS’ COMPETENCIES NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF BUSINESS STUDIES SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Keywords:
Business Studies Teachers, Competencies, Improvement Needs, Business Studies Subjects.Abstract
The study examined the competencies needed for effective teaching of business studies subjects in secondary schools in Anambra State. Three research questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population for the study was 1,901 business studies teachers who are teachers of business studies subjects in the 264 public secondary schools in the 6 Educational Zones in Anambra state. The sample of the study consists of 330 business studies teachers. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select three Educational Zones, 6 LGAs and sixteen schools from the LGAs. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire comprising of 30 items. Two experts validated the instrument. The internal consistency of the instrument was checked, using Cronbach’s alpha, which yielded the coefficient values of .897, .917, and .996. Weighted mean and improvement need index (INI) were employed to analyze the data collected from the respondents. The study found that Business studies teachers who are teachers of business studies subjects in secondary schools in Anambra State needs much improvement in the areas of social and motivational competencies, hence they need much additional training in these areas to facilitate effective teaching of business studies subjects. It was however recommended that the Anambra State Ministry of Education and Secondary School Education Board should endeavor to organize regular training and re-training programme for business studies teachers on the areas where they are found in this study to be deficient so as to ensure effective teaching of business studies subjects.
Keywords: Business Studies Teachers, Competencies, Improvement Needs, Business Studies Subjects.
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