ENHANCING CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: ROADMAP TO ACHIEVING LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Olawoyin, Rasheed Olawale & Laba, Zaccheaus Adesina

Abstract

The paper focuses on the need to enhance classroom management in vocational and technical education in order to achieve learning objectives. The paper entails discussion covering vocational and technical education and its objectives in Nigeria, learning objectives, classroom management, planning, classroom management strategies, enhancing classroom management in vocational and technical education and the appropriate strategies in that regard. The paper concluded that the success of any teaching hinges on effective management of classroom and that for classroom management to be enhanced, strategies such as classroom routines and procedure, dealing with disruptive and off-task student behaviour, lesson strategies and lesson delivery and teacher behaviour should be employed by teachers of vocational and technical education. It was therefore amongst others recommended that Vocational and Technical Education stakeholders should disseminate information through enlightenment programmes to the teachers in charge on ways of enhancing classroom management to aid achievement of the stated goals.