Summary: | Secondary education is a vital part of a productive circle of economic growth within
the context of a globalised knowledge economy. The teaching of Business Education
entails teaching learners the essentials, rudiments, assumptions, and methods of
business. This study sought to investigate technology integration as part of Business
Education. Drawing from the theoretical frameworks of a Unified Theory of
Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), the study observes teachers’ levels
of technology use in Business Education classrooms. Using a mixed-methods
sequential explanatory design, probability and purposive sampling in several
secondary schools across Nigeria, the majority of participants were found not to be
integrating technology to an acceptable level though a small percentage were. After
an analysis of constructs from UTAUT, some of the challenges were attributed to the
lack of facilitating conditions in the teaching and learning of Business Education.
The study findings imply that poor investment in technology integration in secondary
schools in Nigeria affect the pedagogical implementation and effective teaching
and learning of Business Education subjects. The study concludes that if facilitating
conditions and professional development are considered to address the shortfalls in
terms of UTAUT, technology integration will become a reality in secondary schools
in Nigeria
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