TEACHERS AND STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF DIFFICULT TOPICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
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Oftentimes, some students perceive Economics to be difficult subject. This could be as a result of the mathematical activities that are embedded in the subject despite being an elective subject. The study investigated teachers and students perception of difficult topics in senior secondary schools Economics in Lagos State. The research study adopted a descriptive, survey research design. Four research questions guided the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select thirty (30) senior secondary schools and their teachers across three educational Districts in Lagos. The sample population consisted of one thousand two hundred (1200) respondents (462 Males and 738 Females) SS 3 Economics students and thirty (30) Economics teachers (12 males and 18 females) teaching Economics. Three (3) different instruments were used for data. Face and content validity was adopted to establish the validity of the instrument. Test retest was used to establish the reliability of the instruments. Students Perception of Difficult Topics in Economics Questionnaire (SPDTEQ) has reliability coefficient of 0.75. Teachers Perception of Difficult Topics in Economics Questionnaire (TPDTEQ) has reliability coefficient of 0.80 and Students Reasons of Perception for Difficult Topics in Economics Questionnaire (SRPDTEQ) has a reliability coefficient of 0.78. Research questions were analyzed using simple frequency, percentage. Result finding shows that teachers qualifications and experiences has significant influence on students perception of difficult topics in Economics while teachers gender has no significant influence on students perception of difficult topics in Economics. Concept of demand, Concept of supply, Cost concept, Revenue concept, Elasticity of demand, Elasticity of supply, Price control/Legislation and Market structure were perceived to be difficult for students to learn in Economics Curriculum. While almost all the topics in Economics are easy to teach by the teachers. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that regular seminars, trainings and workshops should be organized by the Teaching Service Commission to keep teachers abreast of current teaching and practices.
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