Integration of Technology in Business Education: Emerging Voices from Secondary School Classrooms in Nigeria
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 techno...
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| author | Clinton Chidiebere Anyanwu Desmond Wesley Govender Jabulisile Cynthia Ngwenya |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-e2ac5b3505e34fc5bb5e8fdac852fde72023-09-02T13:51:07ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222022-05-0135160174https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2022351Integration of Technology in Business Education: Emerging Voices from Secondary School Classrooms in NigeriaClinton Chidiebere Anyanwu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5124-107XDesmond Wesley Govender1Jabulisile Cynthia Ngwenya2Department of Curriculum Studies - School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaDepartment of Computer Science - School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Department of Commerce Education - School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSecondary 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 Nigeriahttps://noyam.org/ehass2022351/business educationsecondary educationintegration of technologyutaut |
| spellingShingle | Clinton Chidiebere Anyanwu Desmond Wesley Govender Jabulisile Cynthia Ngwenya Integration of Technology in Business Education: Emerging Voices from Secondary School Classrooms in Nigeria E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences business education secondary education integration of technology utaut |
| title | Integration of Technology in Business Education: Emerging Voices from Secondary School Classrooms in Nigeria |
| title_full | Integration of Technology in Business Education: Emerging Voices from Secondary School Classrooms in Nigeria |
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| title_short | Integration of Technology in Business Education: Emerging Voices from Secondary School Classrooms in Nigeria |
| title_sort | integration of technology in business education emerging voices from secondary school classrooms in nigeria |
| topic | business education secondary education integration of technology utaut |
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