GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

This paper focused on technical teachers’ role in the effective implementation of technical college curriculum. Technical teachers are teachers who teach technical subjects in technical colleges or institutions that run technical programmes. Technical college is an institution where technology education is provided. Technical colleges are institutions that provides training which covers human ability to shape and change the physical world to meet needs, by manipulating materials, equipment and tools with techniques. Curriculum is the learning experiences and intended learning outcomes systematically planned and guided by the school through the reconstruction of the knowledge of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development of the learner. Curriculum is the instrument through which the society via the schools educate her citizens. Curriculum implementation entails the interaction of the learner and the curriculum contents under the guidance of the teacher in order to acquire desired knowledge, attitudes, abilities and skills. Technical teachers play significant role in the curriculum implementation in technical college this is because every teacher has a way of preparing and delivering their lessons. For technical college curriculum implementation to be effective, professionally trained technical teachers should be employed to teach technical subjects, the basic needs of technical teachers regarding lesson delivery should be met. It is recommended among others that, technical teachers should be encouraged to participate in decision making and curriculum planning, provision of infrastructure, equipment and machines in technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State should be made.