Abstract
The
theme of this research project is the investigation into the problems of
teaching business subjects with particular reference to junior secondary
schools in Orumba south local government area. In carrying out this research,
four research questions were formulated. The sample of this study was all
business teachers in the schools. Instrument for the study was questionnaire.
The questions were grouped under the research question to which the relate.
Tables and percentage were used for the data. The major findings include lack
of maintenance of equipment, scarcity of material such as ribbon, typing sheet,
duplicating ink, facilities like typing pool, trained teachers and poor funding
contributed immensely to the problem, lastly, insufficient problems could be
eliminated if the government should provide more fund for maintaining the
equipment, providing facilities, material and move teachers trained to teaching
business subjects.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Background
of the study
Statement
of the problem
Purpose
of the study
Research
questions
Statement
of hypotheses
Significance
of hypotheses
Scope
of the study
Definition
of terms
CHAPTER TWO
The
brief account of the origin of business education
The
aims/needs of business education
Methods
of teaching business subjects
Human/non-human
resources in teaching business subjects
Summary
of related literature
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
Design
of the study
Area
of study
Population
of the study
Sample/sampling
of the study
Instrument
used for data collection
Validation
of the instrument
Distribution
and retrieval of the instrument
Method
of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Presentation
and analysis of data
Introduction
Re-statement
of research questions
Discussion
of findings
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary,
conclusion and recommendation
Summary
of findings
Conclusion
Recommendations
Limitation
of the study
Suggested
areas for further research
References
Appendix
A
Appendix
B
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
As a result of growing school leavers
the Nigeria government introduce the new national policy on education in 1981.
A major provision of this policy was the introduction of the teaching of
business education subjects at the junior secondary school level with emphasis
on the acquisition of practical skills, values and knowledge that would enable
individuals like in the society.
One of the rational for the emphasis on
business subject is the fact that is skilled subject, which would equip its
grauduates with the needed skills for gainful employment even if they terminate
their formal education at the junior secondary school level. ome basic necessity
for the achievement of this would ensure that course are taught according to
the curriculum and using appropriate methodologies for the subjects.
According to Nolan (1971), it is not
possible to teach a student to operate a keypunch machine effectively without
keypunch machine, nor is it possible to teach a student to operate a
proportional spacing typewriter without such a typewriter. For a teacher to
teach the business subjects he must have through knowledge of the business
subject and be certified in that area, so that he can demonstrate the skills properly
for the students to understand and emulate, where they stressed that the
individual will acquire skills and reach the stated goals by watching an export
and by practicing.
This
view believed that the individual in addition to this should be given enough
practice period to enable him master the art.
In order to enhance the study of the
business subject Malsbery (1966), stated that there is the need for students to
go on field trip for their visits permits students to study equipment and the
layout of the offices and stores, to observe employee at work, routine business
procedure and to study the relationship between departments.
The new national policy on education
(1981), pointed out clearly that business education is an area of national
need. Hence Anyaduba (1987), said “all citizen of the country need business
subjects in order to function well and effectively in the society irrespective
of their occupation in life.
Moreover, this stems for the fact that
ou country has experienced a marked growth in different business fields.
So
there is the urgent need to improve the business education system in order to
meet up with the new demands and requirements for the jobs. That is to say that
it has become mianfest that the health of any national largely depends on is
human resource. The more human resource out capital and other resources into
material resource that determine the nature and rate of economic and social
development.
The
new national policy on education in Nigeria now place emphasis on the study of
vocational subjects particularly at this level comprises, the following
subjects: typewriting shorthand, office practice, commerce bookkeeping and
English.
Business education has always tended to
educate student in a chister skill distributive education office and clerical
practice provided basic skills for subjects, the students been at least
minimally competent in many specific tasks,and develop the attitude of service
that are required in business office.
1.2
statement of the problem.
Evidence
from the recent studies shows that a large proportion of those who teach
business education subjects.
In
most schools are not very qualified to teach business education or teach
subjects outside their area of specialization Njoku (1990).
Some teachers who teach business
subjects are complaining on the problems encountered in the teaching of these
subjects. In the light of these, the researcher therefore decided to find out
the problem encountered by the teachers. In the teaching of business subjects
in junior secondary schools.
1.3
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This study is aimed at achieving the
following objectives:
–
To find out the extent to which the
teaching of business subjects is being funded.
–
To determines which facilities are
adequately provided for teaching of business subjects.
–
To find out the extent to which
adequate and qualified teachers are available for teaching business subjects.
–
To find out whether the time allotted
for the teaching of business subjecs and the method used are adequate and
effective respectively.
1.4
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.
To what extent is the teaching of business subjects adequately funded?
2.
to what extent are teaching facilities provided for teaching business subjects.
1.5
STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS
1)
HO: does an investigation into the problem of teaching business subject in
junior secondary school contributed to the problem of teaching business subject
in secondary school?
HI: the investigation into the problem
of teaching business subject in junior secondary school has contributed a lot.
2)
HO: Does government individual played any important role towards, investigation
into the problem of teaching business subject in junior secondary school?
HI: government or individual has
contributed a lot to the investigation into the the problem of teaching
business subjects in junior secondary school.
1.6
significance of study.
It
requires little thinking discovering that this research will be of immense
benefit to Anambra state ministry of education. It will enable them to become
aware of the problem that exist in Orumba north & south local government
area. With a view to improve situation.
The findings in the study will also contribute in this little
way to the feedback which the federal government will received on the
implementation of her National policy on Education and this feedback will help
the government to decide when and where modification are necessary in the new
national educational policy.
Parent
and guardian will discover from the findings of this research parent the
problem encountered by their children in the learning of business subject and
will therefore, take steps through their parents/teachers association of Orumba
north & south local government area will probably be the first to
appreciate the contribution of this research.
It
can be seen that research findings will be of great significant to a variety of
people.
1.7
scope of the study
This
research work, covers of the junior secondary schools in Orumba north/south
local government area.
1.8
Defintion of terms
TEACHING:
is the act of impacting knowledge into human beings, either orally or
practical, according to google teaching is idea or principle taught by an
authority.
BUSINESS:
As we know it involves two or more people coming together to exchange good
& service for money. According to internet business also known as an
enterprise or a firm, is an organization involved in the provision of goods
& services o both to consumers.
BUSINESS
STUDIES: this study of business is about how individual and group of people
organize, plan and act to create and develop goods & service to satisfy
customers.