Influence of Work Ethics on Effective Teaching of Business Education Courses in Colleges of Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of work ethics on the effective teaching of business education courses in colleges of education located in North Central, Nigeria. It is a perception study. The study had two specific research purposes, research questions and hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Population of the study was 290 comprising of 258 lecturers, 16 HODs and 16 Deans. A sample of 179 respondents was selected for the study comprising 155 lecturers sampled using the Researcher Advisors, 12 HODs and 12 Deans. The instrument for data collection was a 13 item structured questionnaire tagged Work Ethics and Effective Teaching of Business Education Courses Questionnaire (WEETBECQ) with 4points rating scale. The instrument went through face and content validation by four experts. The reliability of the instrument was ensured using Cronbach Alpha method and the result yielded a reliability coefficient of 0. 93 Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested using One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study identified work ethics in terms of punctuality to class, dedication to duty, on a high extent for effective teaching of business education courses in colleges of education in North Central, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that punctuality to class contributes to the effective teaching of business education courses. This is because punctuality to class indicates respect of others; helps establish strong work ethics and enhance productivity; credibility and professionalism. It was recommended among others that business educators should make punctuality to their classes a priority, because it develops in the student a sense of direction. This will promote business education to have wide acceptability by the students.