Al-Hikmah University Journal

Business Education is part of general education which involves teaching the skills and operations of the business industry. While teaching techniques can be referred to the principles and methods used by teachers to enable students learn. This paper looks at modern techniques of teaching Business Education Courses in Tertiary institutions. It focuses on Modern techniques of teaching which enables students to improve their intellect behaviour by using various new and innovative ideas rather than using old technique which make students recite the syllabus to clear examination. Some of the old techniques of teaching Business Education include lecture method, textbook method, questioning strategy etc. were discussed. Modern techniques of teaching that are capable of motivating the students and sustain their interests in the course of instruction among which are collaborative learning, spaced learning, self-learning, problem-solving method etc. were also discussed in detail. Conclusion and recommendations were drawn among which are that tertiary institutions should make learning environments more interactive to integrate various techniques into the learning experience. Teachers/lecturers should use blended techniques whenever appropriate.