Email this article TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BASIC TECHNOLOGY CURRUCULUM
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The importance of teachers in the implementation of educational programme cannot over emphasise. The success or failure of any educational programme is largely dependent on the competency of teachers that teach in the programme. This paper is motivated as a result of observed poor instructional performance of most teachers of basic technology. The stud y was aimed at assessing teacher’s competences in teaching Basic Technology course at junior secondary schools (JSS) in Gombe state. The study has two specific purposes and was guided by two research questions. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study and conducted in 25 JSS, in Gombe state. A sample size of 30 teachers and 80 students was used using stratified random sampling technique, giving a total population of 110.structure questionnaire developed by the researchers was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts and its reliability coefficient was determined to be 0.82. The results of the study among others revealed that; teachers of Basic Technology in Gombe state JSSs possess adequate four pedagogical competencies among the nine pedagogic items asked under it, and possess only 1 technical competence among the 9 items asked. The study therefore recommends among others that; enough time and space should be provided in the school time table for basic technology lesson, so that teachers can split the high students’ population for convenient teaching of the course.
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