UTILIZATION OF INNOVATIVE TEACHING TECHNIQUES AMONGST TECHNICAL EDUCATION LECTURERS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA: BARRIERS AND ENHANCEMENT MEASURES

Abstract

The paper identified the barriers and enhancement measures to the utilization of innovative teaching techniques amongst technical education lecturers in Colleges of Education in North-West, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significant.  Survey research design was used for the study. The study was carried out in North-West, Nigeria. The population for the study consisted of 125 technical education lecturers. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and yielded .88 and .89 coefficients respectively. The study employed the use of Mean to answer the research questions and Z-test to test the null hypotheses. Findings among others revealed, lack of professional training, supporting resources, skills, knowledge as well as resistance to change were found to be barriers while adequacy of resources, time and support for lecturers were enhancement measures to the utilization of innovative teaching techniques amongst technical education lecturers in Colleges of Education in North-West, Nigeria. The study recommended among others that, Colleges of Education administrators should create a delicate balance between the identified barriers and enhancement measures to ensure the use of innovative teaching techniques amongst technical education lecturers in order to promote effective teaching.