Innovative teaching methods adopted by electrical and electronic trade teachers Niger and Katsina States, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study investigated the innovative teaching methods adopted by Electrical and Electronic Trade (EET) teachers in Niger and Katsina states. The population for the study was 124 (65 Old and 59 Young) EET teachers. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a 52-items Innovative Teaching Methods Questionnaire (ITMQ) developed by the researchers. The item was validated by three experts in the Department of Industrial and Technology Education, Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. A pilot test of the instrument was carried out at Government Technical College Kajuru, Kaduna state. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was obtained using Split-Half Method and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation yielded an index of 0.83. Data collected was analyzed and Mean and Standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Z-test analysis was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Findings revealed that innovative teaching methods that were recommended by experts in Technical Education as effective for the teaching of EET were not adopted by the teachers. Also, Lack of conducive school environment to practice innovation, EET teachers' unawareness of innovative teaching methods, difficulty of adoption among others were factors affecting the adoption of innovative teaching methods by EET teachers. Based on these findings therefore, it was recommended among others that EET teachers should be encouraged to undergo further training on pedagogies to acquire research skills needed to practice innovative teaching methods.