Level of Use and Effectiveness of some Select Method of Teaching Economics in Secondary Schools

Serena Smith

• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9783656005506
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Education - Educational Tests & Measurements, grade: 1.0, University of Lagos (-), language: English, abstract: [...] According to Kidzu Thomas Oweh, teacher has the greatest potential to influence thestudent's education, while a student achievement is related to teacher's competence inusing different methods of teaching. Thus, students achieve more when teachers employsystematic teaching procedures that make teaching and learning processes easier. In otherwords, excellent academic per formance by students is not only attainable but could alsobe sustained through teacher method of teaching.These study therefore, examine the level of use and effectiveness of some selectedmethods of teaching economics in Lagos state secondary schools, specifically howteacher's effectiveness would bring about excellent academic performance throughappropriate use of method of teaching.The purpose of these research works are stated below: i. To ascertain how learner attitude affect the method of teaching the students.ii. To identify the teaching methods, their academic performance and the factorsaffecting the students.iii. To evaluate the effects of method of teaching economics on the performanceof students.iv. To examine the teacher methods of teaching and their qualification.v. To know the relationship between teacher methods and learning experience.vi. To establish relationship between teacher's methods of teaching economicsand learner academics achievement.