Enhancing the use of instructional materials for instructor trainees in tailoring and garment design at Kaliotte

Abstract

The study was conducted to explore ways of providing adequate instructional materials for instructor trainees in Tailoring and Garment Design (TGD) to improve their pedagogical skills at Kaliotte. The following research objectives guided the study to; explore instructional materials to enhance pedagogical skills of instructor trainees in tailoring and garment design at Kaliotte, implement improvisation of materials as a strategy to enhance pedagogical skills of instructor trainees' in tailoring and garment design at Kaliotte, and evaluate the impact of improvised training materials on pedagogical skills of instructor trainees in tailoring and garment design at Kaliotte. Improvisation and micro teaching were the implementation strategies aimed at improving the pedagogical skills of TGD. The participatory action research (PAR) design was employed whiles using a qualitative approach. Data was collected from participants while employing interviews, observation, and focus group discussions, as the methods of data collection. The findings unveiled inadequate supply of instructional materials as one of the key factors affecting pedagogical skills development in addition to inadequate practice. The study recommended that improvising and micro teaching with instructional materials should be enhanced and on regular basis by the trainees and instructors in each semester to improve the teaching and learning skills for continuous professional development