ASSESSMENT OF WOOD WORKSHOP FACILITIES MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES OF LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study assessed wood workshop facilities management practices for effective teaching and learning in technical colleges of Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design.  Three research questions guided the study. The population for the study consisted of 158 respondents, made up of 113 technical teachers and 45 administrators from all technical colleges in Lagos State.There was no sampling because the population is of manageable size. A structured questionnaire developed by the researchers, titled: Wood Workshop Facilities Management Practices Assessment Questionnaire (WWFMPAQ) was used for the study. A reliability co-efficient of 0.86 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha to determine the internal constituency of the WWFMPAQ items. Data collected were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research questions. Findings of the study revealed 11 management practices adopted in the planning of wood workshop facilities, 10 management practices adopted in the maintenance of wood workshop facilities and 12 mechanisms adopted for improving wood workshop facilities management practices. It was recommended that technical teachers should participate in the management practice planning of wood workshop facilities, there should be a planned maintenance policy for wood workshop facilities and regular industrial skills in-service teacher training should be organized for improving wood workshop facilities management practices in technical colleges of Lagos State, Nigeria.