Abstract
This paper examined pedagogical challenges besetting Business Studies teachers in Technical schools in Nigeria. The challenges ranged from teacher related to student related challenges, policy challenges among others. Related literatures were consulted to get information that guided the study. From the literatures reviewed, the following recommendations among others were made: On teachers' related challenges, government in collaboration with the technical school administrator should endeavor to employ qualified business studies in technical schools, assist Business Studies teachers financially to undergo training on how to use modern technologies needed for effective teaching and learning of business studies through 'train the trainers' workshops and seminar to enable them acquire the necessary skills and attitudes required to implement students-centered methods of teaching business in technical schools and keep abreast with the new trend in business studies curriculum. School administrators should ensure that adequate number of infrastructure, instructional materials and modern technologies required for practical oriented teaching and learning of business studies are provided by the government in compliance with the minimum standard for proper implementation of Business Studies curriculum For students' related challenges, school administrator should motivate the best behaved and best graduating students so that others can emulate them, curriculum planners should ensure that computer applications for office productivity are made part of business studies curriculum in order to have graduate who can fit into the modern world of ICT and teachers must prepare pre-school lesson plan in order to cope with some classroom challenges and endeavor to understand what their students are interested in and help them to achieve their objectives. For policy related challenges, Business studies curriculum developers should constantly review the business studies curriculum in order to incorporate the new trends of the ever-changing world and increase the number of periods allocated to Business Studies for effective teaching and learning of business studies in technical schools.
Keywords: pedagogy, pedagogical challenges, Business Studies teachers and Technical schools.
Publication Date: 2023-09-09