INFLUENCE OF COLLABORATIVE TEACHING APPROACHES ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN ANAMBRA STATE
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Collaborative Teaching, Academic Achievement, Business Education, Tertiary Institutions, Teaching ApproachesAbstract
The main purpose of the study was to determine the influence of collaborative teaching approaches on academic achievement of business education students in tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study based on the specific purposes of the study. Two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study comprised the 188 business education undergraduates’ students in public tertiary institutions in Anambra State. Data for this study were collected by means of structured questionnaires by the researcher. The instrument was validated by experts in the Department of Vocational Education and Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus. The instrument’s reliability was established through a pilot test. The questionnaire was administered on 20 Business Education students from Delta State University, Abraka and Federal College of Education Technical Asaba. Data collected were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha and coefficient values of 0.78, 0.86, 0.89 and 0.81 Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while independent t-test was used in testing the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that Team teaching, Parallel teaching, alternative teaching, station teaching and one teach and one support teaching approaches influenced the academic achievement of Business Education students to a high extent. Based on the findings of the study the researcher recommended among others that Government at all levels should through the ministries of education develop or provide adequate facilities, teaching and learning environment that will enable business educators to make use of collaborative teaching approaches while teaching the students. The work has contributed to knowledge in the following ways, the study has helped to update the knowledge of students as regards to the teaching approaches that can promote academic success. The study has alerted the colleges of education and universities management on the level of adoption of collaborative teaching approaches among lecturers and the level of its enhancement to the academic achievement of students
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