STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE TO TEACHING OF BUSINESS STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LAGELU LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OYO STATE
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2018
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UNILORIN JOURNAL OF LIFELONG EDUCATION
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The study was conducted to assess the students’ perception of teachers’ attitude to teaching of business studies in junior secondary schools in Lagelu Local Government, Oyo state. Descriptive design of survey type was adopted. The population comprised junior secondary students in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select two hundred (200) junior secondary school students. One research question was answered and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. A 9-item structured Students’ Perception of Teachers Attitude to Teaching of Business Students (SPTATS) validated questionnaire with reliability coefficients of 0.80 was used for data collection. Mean standard deviation and t-test were used for analysis. The finding showed that the majority of the students agreed that teachers’ attitude to teaching of business studies was positive. Also, there was significant difference between male and female students’ ‘perception of teachers’ attitude towards the teaching of business studies. Based on the findings it was recommended among others that teachers should be motivated so that they can display more positive attitude and put in more effort for effective teaching and learning of business studies. The business studies teachers should also attend to the needs of all students in the class and should not give room for gender discrimination
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Teachers' attitude, Teaching of business studies, Students' perception