THE PROBLEMS IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ACCOUNTING IN NIGERIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS Abstract This study is designed to identify the problems facing the teaching and learning of Accounting as a vocational subject in secondary schools in Ondo State and to proffer solution. The study population was about 150 senior accounting teachers in those schools that registered students for accounting at the SSC Examination for at least the past five years. Samples of 50 senior accounting teachers, one teacher per school, were selected from eight out of the 18 local government areas. A questionnaire was used for data collection and was validated by experts. The split half reliability coefficients of the two scales in the questionnaire (I8-item problems and 12-item solutions) were 0.85 and 0.75 respectively. Data were analyzed using mean responses, independent t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Findings revealed that 14 out of the 18-items problems were identified and accepted. A...
COMPARATIVE TRENDS IN SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM IN NIGERIA, GHANA, BOTSWANA AND NEW ZEALAND Abstract The introduction of social studies into the curricula of schools in Africa has being a major development in the education of the continent. Within the short period of this introduction, it is now a core-subject at the Primary and Junior Secondary levels of our education. This paper surveys the history of the development of the subject in Africa from the beginning to date, tracing its root from the United States and Britain. The paper concludes by highlighting some of the problems still facing the subject. INTRODUCTION Education in Africa, is now a pragmatic and dynamic one. This is one of the reasons changes continue to take place within its structure from time to time. The society which education is meant to serve is equally a dynamic one. Therefore to be relevant to the needs...