Classroom Management Competencies for Effective Teaching and Learning of Business Education in Public Universities in South East, Nigeria

Abstract

Proper classroom management leads to conducive teaching and learning environment which will result to the achievement of the set objectives. The study determined the classroom management competencies for effective teaching and learning of business education in public universities in South East Nigeria. The study employed the survey research design. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested. The population of the study comprised 145 business education lecturers in public universities in South East Nigeria. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire containing nineteen (19) items on a four point rating scale of Strongly Agree, Agreed, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and it yielded a coefficient of .72. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and t- test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. A significant difference does not exist in the mean ratings of male and female business educators on all the identified classroom management and human relation competencies for effective teaching and learning of business education in public universities in South East, Nigeria. The study recommends that business education lecturers in public universities in South East should do more through sponsorship to workshops, conferences, symposia and seminar.