Teachers’ Teaching Experience: A Sine Qua Non in the Implementation of Secretarial Education Curriculum In South-South Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

This research paper specifically investigated the influence of teachers’ teaching experience on the implementation of secretarial education curriculum in south-south zone of Nigeria. One research question and a corresponding hypothesis were formulated to be tested. The survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study comprised 74 secretarial education teachers and they were used as the sample for the study. The instrument used was the structured questionnaire and it was validated by experts in the field. The test re-test method of reliability was used in ascertaining the reliability of the instrument and it yielded a co-efficient of 0.82. The mean, standard deviation and t-test were used in analyzing the data collated and some of the findings include: teachers teaching experience did not significantly influence the curriculum implementation in secretarial education in colleges of education. One of the major recommendations advanced in this paper was that stakeholders should de-emphasize the idea of experience and consider other variables.

Keywords: Secretarial Education, Experience and Curriculum