EFFECTIVE TEACHING

This study aimed at determining the Factors militating against Effective Teaching and Learning of Accounting among Business Education students, University of Benin, Benin City. Five research purpose and questions were drafted to guide the study. In the process of carrying at this study, work of various scholars and authors were reviewed. A descriptive survey was adopted for study design. A total number of 381 accounting education students in the department of Vocational and Technical Education students formed the population of study while 100 respondents randomly selected formed the sample size. Questionnaire was used as research Instrument. The validity of the instrument was established by the project supervisor and two (2) other lecturers in the department. A reliability coefficient of .768 was used for the study which was gotten using Cranach alpha method. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. A mean of 2.50 was used as a benchmark for accepting the responses to the items formulated under each research question. The study reveals that to a large extent, lack of use of instructional materials, shortage of time allocated to teaching accounting and writing of examinations, negative attitude and perception of students towards accounting, poor condition of learning environment as well as how competent available learning materials such as accounting textbook militate against effective teaching and learning of accounting among business education students. Therefore, it was recommended that efforts should be made by government, school administrators, students and other stakeholders in addressing the above problems by providing adequate and relevant instructional materials for teaching and learning of accounting, allocating more time both for teaching and learning as well as for examination of students, provision of more equipped and conducive teaching and learning environment, regular review of available accounting textbooks and changes in students’ negative attitude towards accounting

The study focus was on the factors influencing the effective teaching of reading and writing skills among senior secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The design adopted for this study was the descriptive survey method. Five (5) research questions were raised to guide this study. The population of the study consisted of all fourteen (14) public senior secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The sample size for this study was a total number of one hundred (100) respondents; that is forty (40) students each from the five (5) schools sampled. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from respondents. Data collected from the survey was statistically analyzed. After analysis, results were displayed on tables showing frequencies and percentages of responses. The findings of the study revealed the factors influencing students’ reading and writing skills in Oredo Local Government Area which included teachers’ qualification, teaching methods, learners’ personality and background among others. Ways to improve students’ reading and writing skills in English Language serve as the recommendations provided for this study which includes but not limited to the following; teachers identifying slow learners and using appropriate teaching approach, schools employing qualified teachers, teachers considering the background of the learners when teaching, and so on.