DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL FOR LEARNING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DECORATION WITHIN HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAMME IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

The study determined the specific objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain) that should constitute the focus of developing self-instructional manual for learning interior and exterior decoration within Home Economics programme in Colleges of Education. The population comprised 77 Home Economics lecturers in Colleges of Education and 130 interior and exterior decoration entrepreneurs in South East Nigeria. There was no sampling because the population was small. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Mean and t-test were used for data analysis. 43 specific objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain) that should constitute the focus of developing self-instructional manual   for learning interior and exterior decoration were identified. The study also revealed that Home Economics lecturers and interior and exterior entrepreneurs did not differ significantly on 43 specific objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor domain). It was recommended that the specific objectives be utilized by curriculum/programme planners for reviewing the interior and exterior decoration component within Home Economics programm