Assessment of the use of Students-centered Instructional Strategies for Teaching In Technical Colleges in Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was design to assess the use of students-centered instructional strategies for teaching in technical colleges in Niger State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in the two technical colleges in Niger state. The target population was 5S respondents consisting of 38 experienced and 17 less experienced teachers. The instrument for data collection titled Questionnaire on the use of students-centered instructional technique was developed by the researcher. The instrument was validated by three lecturer from the Department of Industrial and Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, by three lecturers Minna. Cronbach Alfa was of used to ascertain ascertain the reliability coefficient of the instrument which was found to be 0.89. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that students-centered instructional strategies were not used for teaching at technical colleges in Niger state. The findings of the study also revealed that, their was no significant difference in the ratings of the experienced teachers and less experience teachers on the extent of usage of students-centered instructional strategies for teaching at technical colleges level in Niger state. The study further revealed that lack of facilities, poor funding inadequate teachers knowledge-based and students demand to some specific nature among others contributed to non-use of the students-centered instructional strategies. Based on the findings, it was recommended that, students-centered strategies identified in the study should be made a requirement for teaching/learning situation at technical colleges in Niger state. Federal and state ministry requirement of education should provide adequate funding, training and retraining opportunities, readily available teaching materials and resources for effective use of students-centered instructional strategies for teaching at technical colleges.