Abstract
The study examined the factors influencing students’ attitudes towards
Clothing and Textiles in Colleges of Education. The study was guided by
two (2) research questions. The study involved 154 final year students of
three Colleges of Education in Edo and Delta states. The instrument for the
data collection was a structured questionnaire. Mean scores were used to
analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that (1) the teacher
related factors: the lecturers illustrating their teachings with practical
exercises, being knowledgeable in teaching of the skills relating to Clothing
and Textiles constructions and having positive attitudes towards the
teaching of the skills among others, as factors influencing students
attitudes towards Clothing and Textiles in Colleges of Education. (2)
students-related factors like: being mature for the task of Clothing and
Textils, liking Clothing and Textiles as a course, and being motivated to
study the course as factors influencing the students’ attitude towards
Clothing and Textiles in Colleges of Education. However, factors like
difficult and time consuming nature of the course, the skill being expensive
to acquire and inadequate facilities in school laboratories were some of the
factors observed to be affecting students’ attitudes towards the course.
Based on the findings, it was recommended among others (1) that lecturers
of Clothing and Textiles should use simple construction terms/methods to
encourage the students. (2) school authorities should equip Clothing and
Textiles laboratories with modern facilities. (3) more time should be
allocated to the teaching and learning of Clothing and Textiles practical
skills.