Digital Textbooks and Game Software Expertise for Financial Accounting Instructions in Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined digital textbooks and game software expertise for financial accounting instructions in secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Two research questions were answered while two null hypotheses were tested. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in carrying out the study with a population of 2,554 teachers of financial accounting out of which 169 financial accounting teachers were the sampled using multistage random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection for this study was structured 30-items questionnaire face-validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha reliability method that yielded Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficients of 0.820 and 0.792 for the two sections of the instrument respectively. The data were collected by the researcher with the help of two research assistants. Out of the 169 copies administered, 161 copies were duly filled and returned indicating high return rate of about 95.3%. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation and t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study identified 15 digital textbooks and 15 game software expertises required by teachers for financial accounting instructions in secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. The results of the hypotheses tested showed that gender of the teachers was not a significant (p<0.05) source of difference in the mean ratings of the respondents. From these findings, the study concluded that the acquisition and possession of the required digital textbooks and game software expertise by teachers will enhance financial accounting instructions in secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Hence, the study among others recommended adequate training and retraining of the teachers in effective use of digital instructional technologies for teaching and learning in secondary schools in the study area.