Abstract

MATHEBULA, Decorate; NKONDO, Livhuwani Gladys; DLAMINI, Ntandokamenzi Penelope  and  KHUMALO, Primrose Ntombenhle. Exploration of curriculum changes in the learning and teaching methods of economic and management sciences. Journal of Education [online]. 2024, n.97, pp.153-172. ISSN 2520-9868.  https://doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i97a08.

The phasing out of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) in intermediate phase has had a negative influence on the performance of learners in the senior phase and the Further Education and Training (FET) band. There is, therefore, an urgent need to engage with this issue, but there is dearth of information related to the methods of teaching EMS in the senior phase. This necessitated our study that is aimed at determining methods that could be used to implement successfully the curriculum of EMS in the senior phase. We adopted a qualitative research approach. The population of the study consisted of circuit manager, teachers, curriculum advisor and principals, selected using a purposive sampling method. Data was collected through semi-structured face-to-face interviews. We found that the recommended teaching strategies should incorporate the use of non-conventional methods that include demonstration, instructional media, co-operation, group discussion, brainstorming, and a problem-based method depending on the topic.

Keywords : commercial subjects; curriculum changes; Economic and Management Sciences; education; intermediate phase; learners.

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