Appraisal of Information and Communication Technology Courses in Business Education Programme of Universities in South East Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Ile, Chika Madu; Ementa, Christiana Ngozi
Titel	Appraisal of Information and Communication Technology Courses in Business Education Programme of Universities in South East Nigeria
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 5 (2016) 1, S.200-207 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Information Technology; Technology Education; Business Administration Education; Course Evaluation; Curriculum Development; Academic Degrees; Skill Development; Word Processing; Spreadsheets; Semester System; Educational Needs; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Informationstechnologie; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Textverarbeitung; Spread sheet; Spredsheets; Spreadsheet; Tabellenkalkulation; Semester; Semesterferien; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf
Abstract	The trend of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage in the business world necessitates that business education students be fortified with ICT skills as to be relevant and highly valued in the job market. The purpose of the study was to examine the four-year standard academic degree programme in business education department of five universities in South East, Nigeria. It x-rayed the semester courses in the programme which revealed word processing and spreadsheet processing as the only ICT skill course in the programmes. It was recommended among others that business education curriculum of universities be revisited and upgraded to incorporate more ICT skill courses that will provide students with requisite ICT skills for employability and self-reliance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01