Strategies Adopted by Library and Information Science Educators for Effective Lecture Room Management in Library Schools in Benue State

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the strategies adopted by library and information science educators (lecturers) for effective lecture room management in library schools in Benue State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The area of study is Benue State. The study was guided by three objectives and three research questions. Stratified random sampling was used to draw a sample of twenty (20) lecturers across the library schools in Benue State. Data was collected from respondents through structured questionnaire. Twenty copies of questionnaire containing twenty seven items were administered to library and information science lecturers with a return rate of 100%. Data collected was analyzed using frequencies and mean. Challenges for effective lecture room management in library schools in Benue State include training and retraining of LISEs on the importance of lecture room management. It is recommended that lecturers should seek to adopt other factors such as use of projectors and public address systems to be able to manage the classroom or lecture room and that training and retraining of LISEs on the importance of lecture room management should be implemented as well as lecturers encouragement to try new approaches or methods of lecture room management among others.