Correlate of Resource Utilization and Students’ Learning Outcome in Colleges of Education in South West Nigeria

W O Ibukun,O S Alimi,C A Akinfolarin

doi:10.5539/ies.v4n3p178

Abstract

This study investigated resource utilisation in vocational and technical education as a correlate of student learning outcome in selected colleges of education in south west Nigeria. The study examined the relationship between time, space and physical resource utilisation and perceived student learning outcome. The study used the descriptive research design of the survey type. The sample for the study was 687 students. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the sample. Student questionnaire on correlate of resource utilisation and perceive student learning outcome was the instrument used to collect data for the study. The data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regressions. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study reveals that most of the physical resources were well utilised. Time for various activities in vocational and technical education were well utilised except in extra curricular activities and students forum. The perceived students learning outcome was high. There was a significant relationship between resource utilisation and perceived students learning outcome. Time, space and physical resource utilisation were significantly related to perceived students learning outcome. Recommendations were made based on the findings.

Highlights

Vocational Education helps to fix right habits of thinking and doing in students through repetitive training, carried out to the extent where it gives the trainee a productive ability with which he or she can secure employment
This study investigated resource utilisation in vocational and technical education as a correlate of student learning outcome in selected colleges of education in south west Nigeria
Student learning outcome are likely to be practically seen in Vocational and Technical Education where students discovered and do things themselves

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Introduction

Vocational Education helps to fix right habits of thinking and doing in students through repetitive training, carried out to the extent where it gives the trainee a productive ability with which he or she can secure employment. Federal Republic of Nigeria (2004) supports that Technical Education covers the prescribed learning activities in Pre-Vocational and Vocational schools at Post-Primary levels, the Technical Colleges, the Polytechnics and Technical Education at Post-Secondary level of which Colleges of Education is one From this statement Technical Education leads to the acquisition of practical and applied skills as well as basic scientific knowledge. The student learning outcome in Vocational and Technical Education was observed largely to be dependent on availability and utilization of resources, because Vocational Education teaches an individual the basic principle of doing things. Some of the above indicators of poor leaning outcome in Vocational and Technical Education are closely linked with poor utilization of resources in different ways In another dimension, the shortage of skilled and qualified vocational educators may affect the poor utilisation of resources. T .E) and students learning outcome in selected Collages of Education in South West Nigerian

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