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| Assessment Of Classroom Interaction Patterns Used In Implementing Economics Curriculum In Senior Secondary Schools In Osun State, Nigeria
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Bosede Abimbola ADESINA Ph. D. & Olayinka Kazeem BABAWALE
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Abstract:
The study assessed the classroom interaction patterns used in implementing Economics curriculum in senior secondary schools in Osun State. These were with a view to providing information on the implementation of Economics curriculum in the study area. A descriptive research method was adopted while Multistage sampling procedure was adopted for the study. All SSS II students offering Economics and their teachers formed the study's target population. A sample of 960 Economics students and 24 Economics teachers were selected from 12 public secondary schools within the study's location using simple random sampling technique. An instrument tagged ''Classroom interaction observation checklist (CIOC)'' which was subjected to reliability test using Cronbach Alpha and produced 0.78 was used for the study. Both descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used to analyse the data obtained from observational checklist. Simple percentage and frequency count were employed to answer the research question while t-test was used to test the hypothesis. The study was concluded that, there was high level of teacher activities in all the types of teacher-talk interactions in schools leading to low level of student's performance in external examinations. Moreover, the stated objectives of secondary schools Economics curriculum can be realizes only when the content of curriculum are fully implemented based on the patterns of classroom interaction that will allow student-centred interaction as fundamental to positive students' learning outcome in Economics subject in Osun State, Nigeria. The empirical results indicated that (t1.293 = 1.341, p > .001). This revealed that there was no statistically significant difference in mean of patterns of classroom interactions between teachers' and students' activities in implementing Economics curriculum. Based on these findings, recommendations comprised that the teachers should teach appropriately with classroom interactions to foster positive learning environment for both teachers and students. Teachers should always utilize students-centred methods for implementing Economics curriculum among others were made.
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