Published Article

                                                           ABSTRACT

The study determined the facility planning skills for effective teaching of automobile technology in Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State. Three specific objectives, three research questions, and three research hypotheses guided the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted 48 Technical Teachers and 66 workshop instructors in nine technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State. The sample size made up of 36 technical teachers and 50 workshop instructors drawn through simple random sampling technique. The researcher – developed instrument called Facility Planning Skills for Effective Teaching Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by three experts in the Faculty of Education, University of Uyo. The reliability of the instrument established with Cranach alpha formula was 0.81. Mean and t-test statistics were used for data analysis. Finding of the study revealed that all the identified physical facility planning skills, maintenance skills, safety skills are required for effective teaching of automobile technology in Technical College in Akwa Ibom State. Besides, no statistically significant difference exists in the mean responses of the technical teachers and workshop instructors on the need for the identified faculty planning skills. It is recommended among others that the identified skills for facility planning should be included in the automobile technology curriculum for Technical Colleges in Akwa Ibom State.

Keywords: Facility, Planning, Skills, Effective Teaching, Automobile Technology, and Technical Colleges