Clash of Civilisations in Defining the Concept of Business Teacher Education Programme in Nigeria

Abstract

What seems to be a conventional trend in employment of teaching staff into business education departments has posed a great threat to teaching and learning in the programme. The application of the word ‘business’ having been misinterpreted by education administrators opened the way to employing all sorts of graduates as teachers in business teacher education departments. This paper examines the role of education in the society and the role of quality assurance in the administration of business teacher education programme. A population of 52 lecturers of business education departments was studies with a view to sampling 20 lecturers for the study. The internal consistency of the instrument was 0.74. Mean ratings and test retest statistics were used in analyzing data collected from the field. The paper highlighted the various courses and qualifications that are found in business education departments. It was revealed that some qualifications of lecturers in business education are preferred as traditional lecturers of the department while others are preferred as service course lecturers to the department. Based on the findings, it was recommended that holders of higher degrees in business education should be engaged as departmental lecturers while others whose degrees are not in business teacher education should be engaged as service lecturers.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n16p9