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Pedagogical Approaches for Effective Teaching of Business Education Courses in the New Normal by Experts from Universities in the South –East, Nigeria

Post –Covid-19 pandemic brought significant approaches for effective teaching and learning in Nigerian schools. These new approaches triggered the researchers to carry out this study to highlight the pedagogical approaches for effective teaching of business education programme as perceived by the experts from Universities in the South East. Two research questions were answered by the study and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study utilized survey research design. The population for the study was 68 Business Educators teaching in Public Universities that offer Business Education programme in Universities in South East. A structured questionnaire of 23 items developed by the researchers was used for data collection. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t.test statistics was used to test the hypotheses. Findings from the study revealed that experts from the Universities in the South East perceived inquiry and collaborative learning as the pedagogical approaches for effective teaching of business education programme in Universities in South East in the new normal. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommended among others that Business Educators should strategize and utilize inquiry and collaborative approaches for effective teaching in the new normal.