ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE COLLABORATION FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN BAYELSA STATE

Abstract

The study examined academic administrative collaboration for effective implementation of teacher education in College of Education in Bayelsa State. The study was guided by three specific objectives, three research questions and three hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance respectively. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of all the HODs and Deans in Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education (IJBCOE) which is 30 HODs and 7 Deans, making a total of 37. The sample size of the study was 37 through the census random sampling technique. Self-made questionnaire titled “Academic Administrative Collaboration for Effective Implementation of Teacher Education in College of Education Questionnaire (AACEITECEQ) was used as the instrument for data collection. Hence, the instrument was given to experts in educational administration for face and content validation. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that varying levels of administrative collaboration across different dimensions has significant impact for effective implementation of teacher education in College of Education in Bayelsa State. Therefore, it was recommended among others that, institutions should establish more inclusive policy formulation mechanisms that engage administrators, faculty members, students, and external stakeholders in developing academic policies.