Educational Ergonomics and the Implementation of Instructional Curriculum in Nigerian Colleges of Education

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@article{1705550,
      author = {Owhoeke Nwameze George},
      title = {Educational Ergonomics and the Implementation of Instructional Curriculum in Nigerian Colleges of Education},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2024},
      volume = {7},
      number = {8},
      pages = {432-445},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1705550.pdf},
      abstract = {Education is the bedrock of any society, especially in the globalized world where knowledge economy and learning has become the focus. Achieving an effective and unbiased curriculum implementation is not possible in any institution without a careful and conscious design of the learning environment. Ergonomics is the structural design of the environment or system to fit the achievement of workers and the organization. Ergonomic design of the educational workplace determines to a large extend, the implementation and achievement of the curriculum objective in such system.  Therefore, educational ergonomics plays fundamental roles in accomplishing educational goals. Educational ergonomics is concerned with the structural design of the school environment to allow for effective and efficient cooperation and implementation of responsibilities in an institution. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the impact of educational ergonomic in the implementation of instructional curriculum in Colleges of Education in South-South Nigeria. Descriptive survey was used with sample size of 200 respondents drawn for lecturers and students. A self-structured questionnaire was designed to elicit information from the respondents, while physical assessment and interview were conducted to support evidence of the questionnaire. The collected data will be analyzed using correlative statistical tools of mean scores and standard deviation, while ANOVA was use to correlate the regression analysis subject to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0.The collected data will be analyzed using correlative statistical tools of mean scores and standard deviation, while ANOVA was use to correlate the regression analysis subject to Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0.The results of the study showed that there is moderate impact of educational ergonomics on instructional curriculum implementation in Colleges of Education in South-South, Nigeria. Thus, the study recommended are evaluation of the ergonomics of the colleges of education to adopt ergonomically best practices within global educational institutions.},
      keywords = {Education, Ergonomics, Implementation, Instructional, Curriculum},
      month = {February},
  }