PEDAGOGY APPROACHES AND INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY METHODOLOGIES FOR TEACHING CATERING CRAFT PRACTICE IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN EDO STATE

Abstract

This paper discusses the emerging pedagogy and instructional methodologies for teaching catering craft practice in technical colleges in Edo State. It focused on methods such  Inquiring Based Learning , ICT Project based instructional technique, suh as  Jigsaw Co-operative Learning, Peer Tutoring and Reciprocal Peer Tutoring as  new methods capable of changing the sequence of events  in the field of catering craft. It also focused on the changes that have taken place in catering craft with the use of technology. It further focused on various instructional technologies in the teaching and learning such as internet, intranet, virtual classrooms, online database, software technology, smart phone, computers, social media, email, and scholarly websites. Various ways of utilizing technology in enhancing lesson planning was also mentioned in this paper. Besides, benefits derived from the use of instructional technology in the teaching and learning of catering craft was clearly outlined.