COMPETENCY NEEDS OF TEACHERS OF BUSINESS STUDIES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF BUSINESS STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
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Competency, Need, Business studies teachers, Business StudiesAbstract
The need to improve the teaching and learning of business studies in junior secondary schools necessitated this study to assess the competency needs of junior secondary school business studies teachers in Anambra State, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study, and three null hypotheses were tested. The design of the study was descriptive survey. The population of 146 business subjects' heads in secondary schools in Anambra State was used with sampling. A structured observational guide containing 35 items was used to collect data for the study. The observational guide was validated by experts in the field of business education and measurement and evaluation. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was determined using trial-testing and analysis using Cronbach Alpha method yielded values of 0.76, 0.88 and 0.82 for clusters Bl to B3 respectively with an overall coefficient value of 0.82 obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data to answer the research questions and determine the homogeneity or otherwise of respondents' mean ratings. The t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that teachers of business studies lowly apply pedagogical, human relation and classroom management competencies for effective teaching of business studies. Gender and years of experience did not significantly influence the respondents' mean ratings on the extent teachers of business studies apply all the competencies covered for effective teaching of business studies. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that; the three competency gaps identified in this study should be packaged into a training module for in-service training of business studies teachers in public junior secondary schools in Anambra State to build their capacity to apply pedagogical, human relations and classroom management for effective teaching of business studies.References
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