IMPACT OF COMPUTER IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ECONOMICS IN PARTICULAR AND EDUCATION IN GENERAL A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL IN LAGOS LOCAL GOVERNMENTÂ (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Economies is said to be a study of prudent use of merger resources in the society. The aim of economic activity is the production of goods and services for the satisfaction of human wants, but broad aim of economic policy may be regarded as ensuring that as many as possible of those wants are satisfied.
In Nigeria, economics as a subject was introduced into its curriculum in the year 1967, only ten candidates registered for the subject in Senior Secondary School final year examination. Presently, Nigeria has a high percentage of candidates who register and sit for economic yearly for both West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and National Examination Council (NECO), because of its relevance to all sphere of profession (Odunsanya, 2001).
The West African Examination Council syllabus states the aims and objectives of economics at the secondary level as follows:
i. Knowledge of the structure and functioning of economic institutions, commercial, industrial and financial
ii. Understanding of basic economic principles, concepts, and tools for economic analysis.
iii. To prepare students for higher education in the field of economics.
iv. How to manage the available resources
v. Ability to follow the role and status of West African countries encounter in their economic development.
In achieving these aims and objectives, the use of Information and Communication Technology ( COMPUTER) as a teaching aid in teaching and learning of economics in senior secondary schools comes in arises.
The term information encompasses a wide range and variety of things ranging from oral and printed words, figures, statements, file and document to such intangible elements as sound, signal rays and waves. Whatever the form information takes, the essence of information is that, it conveys a message (UNESCO 1979).
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