EFFECTS OF FIELD TRIPS ON PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS STUDIES IN TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LAGOS
EFFECTS OF FIELD TRIPS ON PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS STUDIES IN TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LAGOS
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2000-02
Authors
IFEYIUCHE, URULOR THEODORA
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Abstract
It is a known fact that our secondary schools do not
have much of the required equipment and facilities necessary
for teaching of skilled subjects. This unavailability of the
basic equipment has been a factor militating against the effective
teaching and learning of Business Studies in the Junior
Secondary Schools.
Field trip has been described as an alternative method of
supplementing the theoretical teaching of the subject in the
classrooms. It has been discovered though, that many teachers
of the subject do not use field trips in their teachings.
This study is focussed on determining the effect of field
trips on students performance in Business Studies in two
secondary schools in Lagos.
An experimental study spread over six weeks was carried
out and data collected from 56 Junior Secondary III students
of two schools in Lagos.
The data collected were analysed using the two variations
of the t-test. The results shewed that: (1) The students
who participated in the field trips performed better than
those who did not participate; (2) The students in the
control group who did not participate in the field trips might
have done as well as their counterparts in the experimental
group if they had participated in the field trips; (3) Taking
students on field trips to related business environments is
necessary in improving their performances in Businesss
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Studies; (4) Business Studies field trips could be
enriching and more interesting if they are properly
planned and evaluated.
Based on these findings, the following recommendations
were made; that teachers of Business Studies should
undertake more field trips with their students to areas
related to business; Principals of schools should encourage
the teachers of this subject by providing them with funds
or taking care of students transportation whenever the need
arises; Government should organise seminars and workshops
to inform teachers and principals in secondary schools of the
importance of educational visits; business organisations can
encourage the teachers by agreeing to host the students
whenever there is the need; Parents should encourage their
children and wards financially; the Parents-Teachers
Associations can also help by providing school buses to
schools.
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IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE
AWARD OF M.ED. BUSINESS EDUCATION DEGREE,
DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
FEBRUARY, 2000
Keywords
EFFECTS,, FIELD TRIPS,, PERFORMANCE,, BUSINESS STUDIES,, SECONDARY SCHOOLS,, LAGOS