Material Resource Management for Effective Teaching of Electrical/Electronics Technology in Colleges of Education (Technical) in Nigeria

摘要

Most of the material resources in different schools workshop are poorly managed for instructional activities in electrical/electronics technology. The improper management of material resources is manifested in the large number of obsolete and unserviceable equipment prevalent in school shops. The upshot of improper management of material resources is dearth of functional tools and equipment and this cripples effective teaching and students' acquisition of skills. This study was carried out to determine material resource management for effective teaching of electrical/electronics technology education in South-South and South-Eastern States of Nigeria. Four research questions were developed and answered. Four null hypotheses were formulated and were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A structured questionnaire was developed and used for data collection and was validated by three experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was established by Cronbach's alpha reliability method and the result showed reliability coefficient of 0.19. Copies of questionnaire were administered to 42 respondents to collect data. The data collected were analyzed using mean to answer the research questions and t- test statistics to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study showed that all the 50 items of the questionnaire on planning, organizing, controlling and coordinating were agree by respondents as needed in management of material resources for effective teaching of electrical/electronics technology. The results of the null hypotheses tested revealed that there was no significant difference in mean responses of the respondents on the planning, organizing, controlling and coordinating strategies for proper management of material resources for effective teaching of electrical/electronics technology education. The study recommended that government through the ministry of education should organize workshop on the findings of this study for lecturers and instructors to enhance their knowledge and skills on management of material resources.