Teachers’ Pedagogical Skills and Implementation of Trade/Entrepreneurship Subjects in Senior Secondary Schools in Uyo Education Zone, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined ‘Teachers’ Pedagogical Skills and Implementation of Trade/Entrepreneurship subjects in Senior Secondary Schools in Uyo Education Zone”. The design of the study was ex-post facto with a survey approach. The population of the study consisted of all 21,307 public senior secondary school II students (SS 2 students) in Uyo education zone. The sample size for the study was 600 respondents. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select the schools for the study. The instrument used for the study was “Teachers’ Pedagogical Skills and Implementation of Trade/Entrepreneurship subjects Questionnaire (TPSITESQ)”, which was validated by three experts; two experts in Curriculum and Instruction and one expert in Research Methodology all in University of Uyo. Cronbach’s Alpha statistical method was used to determine the reliability coefficient of .87 for the instrument. Five null hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance guided the study. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test the null hypotheses. The results showed that there is significant relationship between teachers’ pedagogical skills and implementation of trade/entrepreneurship subjects in senior secondary schools. It was recommended based on the findings among other things that teachers should adopt innovating pedagogical skills that suit the trade/entrepreneurship subject he/she teaches.