BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES REQUIRED FOR GENERATING WOODWORK TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE APPROPRIATE FOR NCE (TECHNICAL) PROGRAMIN NORTH WEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

In the Technology Teacher Education Programme, behavioural objectives are crucial to effective implementation and evaluation. These objectives specify how programme goals will be achieved and should include a method for evaluating results. The paper identified the teaching objectives required for generating woodwork technology instructional guides appropriate for NCE (Technical) Awarding Institutions in Northeast Nigeria. Relevant related literature to the behavioural objectives of the woodwork technology curriculum was reviewed. An objective with corresponding research questions and a null hypothesis was tested at a 0.05 level of significance and guided the study. The research adopted a descriptive survey design. The findings outlined that the results on behavioural objectives for teaching woodworking technology were highly required. It was concluded that the objectives in the structure of the instructional guide are detailed and standard. The behavioural objectives of the existing minimum standard, currently in use for training NCE (Tech.) students in Woodwork Technology, are devoid of some important areas that need to be reviewed to make it standard. Woodwork teachers should give training following the behavioural objectives as stipulated in the instructional guide for quick understanding and achievement of skills