AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS' EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AS A CORRELATE OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN EDO STATE

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between Automobile Technology teacher emotional intelligence and classroom management in Technical Colleges in Edo State. The study adopted correlational survey design. The population was one hundred and
fifty students (150) in NTC (II). There was no sample because the population is manageable. Three research questions and tree hypothesis, tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The instruments used for data collection were Automobile Technology teachers Emotional Intelligence Seals (ATTES) adopted from Adimora, Ataneme and Umeano (2013) and Teachers Classroom Management Scale (TCMS) respectively. Research questions were answered using Pearson-Product Movement correlation Coefficient ®, while the hypothesis were tested using one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with the statistical package for social science (SPSS). The findings among others revealed that high positive relationship exist between Automobile technology teachers emotional intelligence and their gender. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that teachers should be
advised to take into consideration both their emotional dimension and that of their technical college students in classroom management so as to create smooth classroom climate. Also, there is an urgent need for the increasing classroom management of Automobile Technology Teachers irrespective of their gender.