Vocational and Technical Education Journal

The study investigated strategies for effective teaching and learning of practical skills in Technical Vocational Education Programmes in Universities in the South East Nigeria. Four research questions were answered and three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population for the study was 370 lecturers in Technical Vocational Education Departments in the study area. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The entire population was used because of the manageable size of the population. Instrument for data collection was a questionnaire, duly validated by experts and the reliability tested, using Cronbach alpha method, which yielded a coefficient index of 0.79. The researchers and six assistants administered and retrieved the questionnaire. One hundred percent return rate was achieved. Mean was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The Analyzed data identified seven pedagogical strategies, seven school administrative technique, seven physical materials strategies and six qualities of human resources strategies required for improving teaching and learning of practical skills in technical vocational education programme. However, there was no significant difference in the mean response of male and female lecturers of Technical Vocational Education on the techniques for improving teaching and learning of practical skills in technical vocational education programmes. It was recommended among others, that adequate number of qualified and skilled technical teachers with the right attitude should be employed in teaching the programme.

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