Prof. Koko Maureen. N & Ornu Patricia Ada
STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING ACCOUNTING TEACHERS FOR EFFICIENT SUBJECT MATTER DELIVERY IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PORT HARCOURT METROPOLIS
Abstract
This study examined the strategies for developing Accounting teachers for efficient subject matter delivery in public secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Three objectives, research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised 56 accounting teachers in Port Harcourt Metropolis. Based on the small population of the study, the entire population was used as the sample size for the study. A self-structured questionnaire titled “strategies for developing accounting teachers for efficient subject matter delivery in public secondary schools” was used as the instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts, two from Business Education Department and one from Measurement and Evaluation Department. The reliability of the instrument was established with test-retest method and a reliability coefficient of 0.92 was established which shows the instrument is reliable for the study. The data collected was analyzed with mean and standard deviation while t-test was used to test the hypotheses formulated in the study. Findings in the study show that the trainings gotten by accounting teachers enhance their creativity, productive and professionalism. Collaboration amongst accounting teachers depends on their understanding and enhances collective attainment of the goals of the subject and mentoring of accounting teachers enhance their career development, pedagogical skills and enhances their level of professionalism. Based on the findings the researcher recommended that accounting teachers in secondary schools should be engaged in efficient on-the-job training, accounting teachers should collaborate more to enhance their subject matter delivery in secondary schools, and effective mentoring should be provided for accounting teachers in secondary schools to enhance their effectiveness
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Keywords: Strategies, Accounting, Efficient Subject Matter, Teachers, Delivery
