ADEQUACY OF ECONOMICS CURRICULUM FOR THE ACQUISITION OF MANAGERIAL SKILLS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA

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dc.creatorT. Yemi, Ph.D, Akin - Ibidiran
dc.creatorAkinbusoye, Ibidiran, John
dc.creatorGwagwalada, Abuja, Government Secondary School,
dc.date2022-06-13
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-20T07:41:16Z
dc.date.available2023-08-20T07:41:16Z
dc.descriptionThis study, adequacy of Economics curriculum for the acquisition of managerial skills in Senior Secondary Schools in North Central, Nigeria was carried out to compare the views of teachers and students on the said topic, as a result of the increased level of joblessness and poverty in Nigeria. In line with these objectives, two research questions were raised and two hypotheses formulated for the study. The study was anchored on the theory of Science of Curriculum Product propounded by Franklin Bobbitt (1918. Descriptive survey research design was employed. The population of the study was 784,133 students and 4,496 teachers of Economics in FCT, Kogi, Nassarawa and Niger States. Stratified sampling technique was used to sample out 46 teachers and 467 students to respond to the instrument. Self-structured set of questionnaire titled Adequacy of Economics Curriculum for Managerial Skills Questionnaire (AECMSQ) and designed in a four point Likert table used to elicit responses from the respondents. The instrument was validated by the supervisors and was further pilot tested to detect the reliability using Cronbach’s Alpha. The reliability index was 0.82. Data was analyzed using t-test and ANOVA. It was found out that teachers and students agreed that the contents of Economics are adequate for the acquisition of managerial in Secondary School, but that the subject does not offer among others, skills for practical production, training and retraining of staff and management of disputes among staff. It was recommended among others that the curriculum planners and implementers should ensure that Economics curriculum be made more practical so as to offer skills for production of goods and rendering of services.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://mjssh.academicjournal.io/index.php/mjssh/article/view/258
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.umsida.ac.id/handle/123456789/7079
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAcademic Journal Incorporationsen-US
dc.relationhttps://mjssh.academicjournal.io/index.php/mjssh/article/view/258/235
dc.sourceModern Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities; Vol. 5 (2022): Modern Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities; 264-272en-US
dc.source2795-4846
dc.subjectAdequacyen-US
dc.subjectEconomics Curriculumen-US
dc.subjectAcquisitionen-US
dc.subjectManagerial Skillsen-US
dc.titleADEQUACY OF ECONOMICS CURRICULUM FOR THE ACQUISITION OF MANAGERIAL SKILLS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIAen-US
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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