Skill Improvement Needs of Lecturers for Effective Teaching of Automobile Technology Education in North Central Nigeria.

Abstract

The study is designed to identify the areas of skill improvement needs of lecturers for effective teaching of automobile technology education (ATE) in north central Nigeria. Three research questions were used to guide in the conduct of the study. The lecturers of ATE programme in north central constitute the respondents of the study. A 22 item questionnaire was used t o collect data for the study. The data was analyzed using frequency counts, mean and standard deviation. The analysis of the data revealed that ATE lecturers in the institution need skill improvement training in terms of repairing and maintaining starting and ignition system, automatic wheel balancing and alignment as well as engine diagnostic and turn up areas in ATE. Base on the findings the following recommendations were made; immediate skill improvement training need in 41 innovations including Automatic wheel balancing and alignment, engine diagnostic and turn up as well as repairing and maintaining starting and ignition system for the ATE lecturers with emphasis in the areas of instructional and technical skills. There should be collaboration between the lecturers and the industries to enable the ATE lecturers to acquire the needed skills to impart to the learners so that upon graduation the students can be employable to contribute to the development of their immediate society and the nation at large.