Title: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHERS IN NIGERIAN TECHNICAL COLLEGES.

Authors:
Ike, Joshua O., Akpokiniovo, Duke E., Opeyemi, Odewale & Chikwendu Chukwunonso

Abstract: Abstract The study focused on finding out the impact of professional development programme for improving the effectiveness of teachers in Nigerian technical colleges. The study was carried out in some selected Government Technical Colleges in Abia, Enugu and Anambra States. Two purposes of the study were stated to guide the study. The population for the study was 500 automobile/electrical installation trade teachers in the study area. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 110 teachers of automobile mechanics/electrical installation trades and was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire developed from literature review and was validated by three experts from the Department of Industrial Technical Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The questionnaire was administered on 110 automobile mechanics/electrical installation teachers from Abia, Enugu and Anambra States, and was retrieved and analyzed using mean. The study revealed among others that the developed re-training programme impacted positively on the ICTs usage and enhanced the teachers‟ technical skills in teaching and learning process. Recommendations were given based on the findings from the study.

Publication Date: 2018-06-09