Identification of In-Service Training Needs of Industrial Technical Education Teachers in Tertiary Institutions for Professional Competence

Volume : v(9), Issue : 08, December - 2022

Abstract : Teachers’ improvement through in-service education and training in the form of refresher courses, capacity building workshops, seminars, in-service conferences among others are designed to sustain and improve professional quality of teachers. In-service training of teachers improves  their  professional knowledge,  skills  and  attitudes.  In-service training  programmes enhance  the quality,  competence,  efficiency  and  effectiveness  of  school  teachers.  Industrial Technical Education Teachers requires regular in-service training for effective performance and competence. To enhance the professional performance of Industrial Technical Education Teachers, the need for continued in-service education and training cannot be undermined. The main purpose of the study is to investigate the in-service training needs of Industrial Technical Education Teachers in Tertiary Institutions for professional competence. Survey research will be adopted in the conduct of this study. The target population comprises all Industrial Technical Education Teachers in Tertiary Institution in Nigeria. The population was 2280 teachers. The researcher adopted simple random sampling technique in selecting the sample of the study. The instrument for the study was structured questionnaire. A-45 item questionnaire titled “In-service training needs of Industrial Technical Education Teachers (INSTTET) was used for data collection. Mean statistics and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the Null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The key findings which emerged from this study were that Industrial Technical Education Teachers in Tertiary Institutions were deficient in communication skills, knowledge of subject content, ICT skills, Practical skills and proficiencies, conflict management skills etc. it was recommended that these  areas  of  deficiencies  should  be  included  in  prospective  and  in-service  education programme for Industrial Education Teachers.

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