ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF INSTRUCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY LECTURERS IN INNOVATION ENTERPRISE INSTITUTIONS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

Abstract

The study assessed the level of instructional performance of electrical/electronics technology lecturers in Innovative Enterprise Institute (IEI) in North-Central Nigeria. Specifically, the study assessed the level of performance of electrical/electronics technology lecturers in instructional planning, mastery of subject-matter and instructional delivery in IEIs in Nonh-Central Nigeria. 'Three research questions with corresponding three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and was carried out in the four IEIs in North-Central Nigeria. The targeted population for the study was 271 respondents comprising of 60 Electrical/Electronics Technology (EET) lecturers, 32 management staff and 179 students. A well-structured questionnaire titled “Instructional Performance of EET Lecturers in IEI (IPEETLIEI)n was used for data collection of the study. The instrument was face and content validated by three experts in the Department of Industrial and Technology Education. Its reliability was analysed using Cronbach Alpha formula and an overall index of 0.81 was obtained. The data was computed using mean and standard deviations to answer the research questions while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at. 05 level of significance. Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) version 26 was used for the compotation of the result. Based on the analyses, the findings of the study revealed tnat the level of performance of EET lecturers in instructional planning was moderate level with a grand mean (XR = 3.44). The study also revealed that the level of performance of EET lecturers in mastery of subject-matter revealed that was low with a grand mean (XR = 2.48). More so, the study revealed that the level of performance of EET lecturers on instructional delivery was low with a grand mean (XR = 2.49). Similarly, the average standard deviations of research questions 1-5 were found to be 0.78, 0.71, and 0.71 respectively. Based on the findings, it was recommended that EET lecturers should take-on professional development courses in their trade areas to improve their subject-matter expertise and instructional planning skills, thereby leading to improved quality of education provided to students. The study further recommended that the management of IEIs should organize instructional delivery workshops and seminars for EET lecturers to gain more exposure to innovative instructional delivery strategies.