– Assessment of the Functionality and Utilization of Instructional Facilities in Teaching and Learning Automobile Technology in Tertiary Institutions In South-South, Nigeria –
ABSTRACT
This study focused on assessing the instructional facilities in teaching and learning of automobile technology in https://studentsandscholarship.com/current-projects/assessement-of-the-functionality-and-utilization-of-instructional-facilities/tertiary institutions in south-south, Nigeria.
A survey design was adopted, the respondents for the study comprised150 lecturers and 90 automobile technologists from 11 https://studentsandscholarship.com/current-projects/assessement-of-the-functionality-and-utilization-of-instructional-facilities/tertiary institutions in south-south, Nigeria, making a total population of 240 respondents.
An observational checklist using National Universities Commission (NUC) standard requirements and a structured questionnaire with four sections (A –D) were used as instruments for data collection. The instruments were subjected to face validation by three experts.
The reliability of the was established using the Cronbach Alpha reliability method. The reliability of the instruments ranges from 0.62 to 65. The overall reliability coefficient was 0.64. Four research questions and one null hypothesis tested at a 0.05 level of significance guided the study.
The frequency, percentage, and mean were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypothesis.
The revealed among others that instructional facilities are inadequately provided for instructional purposes, and were also not functional.
The study also revealed that training facilities such as tools, equipment are either not available for use, or are abandoned and neglected by the and technologists for utilization and of stated objectives.
Based on these findings, it is recommended that for to provide and effectively utilize instructional facilities, NUC, NBTE and NCCE should insist on the provision of the minimum standards required of instructional facilities before any https://studentsandscholarship.com/current-projects/assessement-of-the-functionality-and-utilization-of-instructional-facilities/tertiary institution could be accredited to offer automobile technology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL PAGE ii
CERTIFICATION iii
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vi
LIST OF TABLES ix
ABSTRACT x
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1
Background of Study 1
Statement of the Problem 8
Purpose of Study 10
Significance of Study 11
Research Questions 13
Hypotheses 13
Scope of Study 14
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 15
Conceptual Framework 16
Automobile Technology 16
Instructional Facilities 17
Assessment of instructional facilities 18
Instructional facilities utilized in teaching automobile technology 20
Availability of Instructional Facilities in Teaching Automobile
Technology 22 Functionality of Instructional Facilities in Teaching Automobile
Technology 24
Utilization of Instructional Facilities in Teaching Automobile Technology 27
Schema on Automobile Facilities 28
Theoretical Framework 30
Human Capacity Theory 30
Charles A. Pressor Vocational Theory 31
Review of Related Empirical Studies 33
Summary of Review of Related Literature 39
CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 41
Design of Study 41
Area of study 41
The population of Study 42
An instrument for Data Collection 42
Validation of the Instrument 43
Reliability of the instrument 44
Method of Data Collection 44
Method of Data Analysis 45
CHAPTER IV: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 46
Research Question 1 46
Research Question 2 48
Research Question 3 51
Research Question 4 54
Test of Hypotheses 56
Hypothesis 1 56
Findings of Study 60
Discussion of Findings 61
CHAPTER V: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 68
Re-statement of the Problem 68
Summary of the Procedures Used 70
Principal Findings 72
Conclusions 73
Implications of the Findings 74
Recommendations 76
Limitations of Study 78
Suggestions for Further Research 79
REFERENCES 80
APPENDICES: 88CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Automobile technology involves the application of scientific knowledge in the design, selection of materials, construction, operation and maintenance of automobiles.
Automobile is one of the trades offered in industrial technical education Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN, 2004). The program of automobile technology in https://studentsandscholarship.com/current-projects/assessement-of-the-functionality-and-utilization-of-instructional-facilities/tertiary institutions is designed to produce competent technologists in various automobile trades.
According to National Board for Technical Education (NBTE, 2003), an automobile technologist is expected to test, diagnose, service, and completely repair any fault relating to the conventional automobile assembly main units and system to the manufacturer’s specification.
An automobile technologist is a person who applies scientific knowledge in the design, selection of materials, construction, operation, and maintenance of automobiles.
Automobile technologist carries test, diagnose and service the conventional assembly main units and system to the manufacturer’s specification.
The teaching and learning of automobile courses involve imparting information to the learner and the acquisition of knowledge, ideas, facts, skills, and other relevant data condensed in the technical information for the automobile learner’s academic and development.
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