INFLUENCE OF MODEL OFFICE AND STUDIO ON SKILLS ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
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Background to the Study
Business studies refers to those business subjects taught at the secondary school level such as book-keeping, keyboarding, shorthand, general subjects-equal with education for entrance into business word given at any educational level. Business studies at the postgraduate level are referred as business education. These include Accountancy, marketing, Business Administration, OTM and Business Teacher education. This certainly tells us that business education is an incredibly adaptable area which has related aims and objectives. There are some formal definitions of business education for instanceBusinesseducationweb.com (2015) stated that; Business education could simply mean an educational process or context which has as its primary aim preparation of people for roles enterprises such roles could be as employee, entrepreneur, and an employer or simply as self-employed. Stillonthedefinition ofbusinesseducation,Njoku (1997)defines businesseducationasthat facetofeducational training thathelpsthe individualtoacquirerelevantskillsneededforliving. On the other hand, Osuala (1981) described business education a ―systematic learning experiences which are designed to fit individuals for gainful employment in recognizedoccupations, prepares students for entering into and advancement in jobs.Business education prepares students to handle their own business affairs and to function intelligently asconsumers and as citizens ina business community.Aliyu (2001) defined business education as an education programme, which 2 involves acquisition of skills, competences and knowledge, which makes the recipients proficient in the area of study, which always being understood, literate and illiterates. It is an umbrella under which all business courses take over.It is obvious that business education comprise almost all the knowledge which hold prospect of profitable exploration in the context of a business enterprise such knowledge could simply be administrative or even extent to the realm of the humanities it can then be the include that business education prepares people for four dissimilar roles in enterprises. Business education in one context is called Office education administration equips students with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes required to be successful as an administrative, secretarial or personal assistant. The subject lays the foundation for lifelonglearning and creates the opportunity for further and higher education (Ekpenyong, 2008). Office education is designed to give students relevant and marketable skills and applied competencies for employment and self- employment in the office administration sector. Administration competencies apply to all industries, both in the formal and informal commercial sector and the non commercial sector. Office education simultaneously builds the cognitive ability and provides the required fundamental learning necessary for accessing employment in the business and administration sector and related studies at higher education level with enhanced employment opportunities.Office education is expected to be equipped with office kind of Studiowith facilities for stocking instruction as typewriters, multimedia projector, digital projector, interactive radio, electronic copy boards, photocopying machine, adding machine and stapling machines. A model office is a prototype of an office that students are learning from and it particularly if is well equipped with the latest equipment and gadgets. These gadgets may 3 include: a franking machine, computers that are connected to the internet for browsing and sending of correspondents, shredding machine, rubber stamp, sealing machine, stapling machines, a good photocopier, label makers, point of sales systems, the most modern furniture in terms of seats, and table with good lighting system and ventilation. The model office is an office that is well equipped with model office equipments for the purpose of facilitating day to day office activities. This equipment includes computers, photocopying machines, stapling machines, adding machines, telephone, and duplicating machines. In a model office apart from written information, oral information is received which forms the bulk of the work done in the office. The clerical duties carried out in the office are complementary to the main purpose of the modern office. Regardless of size, modern offices are similar both in purpose and operation. The methods used to get work done may vary from one department to another within the same office, but the type of work performed is essentially similar. It should be understood clearly that the office is a management tool and as such its services are useful to those responsible for the overall direction of operation in the organization. In modern offices the following equipment are found. Franking machines, sealing machines, shredding machines, rubber stamp, stapling machines, date stapling machines, duplicating machines, photocopying machines, and computers The importance of office machines can be realized from the following:They save labour and time. The time that work could have taken to be done without machine is reduced and labour too is saved; they promote accuracy and improve the quality of office work; they relieve monotony and fatigue on the part of the worker; they produce a better 4 type of finished work. The appearance of the produced work is better than hand written ones and can last much longer; they promote efficiency and productivity is increased. There are reforms in most sectors of our economy. The educational sector is not an exception. Therefore, the present education reforms going on in Nigeria since 1999 are Government‘s response to non-performance of the sector. Especially the products of the systems are not meeting the needs of the society. It was also identified and pursued that in trying to rebuild and make the system functional, there was a need to start from the basic ingredient of learning. That basic ingredient is availability of instructional resources. According to Oby (2000) Business Education Studio is a room or a building in or outside the school system, where learning materials and office equipment are mounted to aid student learning special skills. Oby (2000) identifies different names given to Educational resource Center to include but not limited to media center, Learning Resource center, Resource Center, Center for curriculum and Instructional development. According to Ngoka (1995), Business Studio is a service area providing for the use and distribution of information to students and teachers in multimedia forms to facilitate the teaching and learning process. According Eze (2002) Business studio is; A building in or outside the school system with adequate spaces, staff, software and hardware materials, where learners may go and study either individually or in a group or consult with staff of the centre and where facilities exist for determining individual differences and where instructional materials tailored to meet their individual differences and produce, utilize and disseminate. Eze (2002) sees an area, or complex of areas equipped with diversity of print and non-print media material, types of audio-visual equipment and programmed instruction, and designed to various learning styles and needs both through physical design 5 and through the application of a systematic process approach to individualization of instruction.
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