Planning Strategies for Effective Provision of Education for the Head, Heart and the Hand in Rivers State

The study investigated the planning strategies for effective provision of education for the head, heart and the hand. The descriptive survey design was adopted. Three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses guided the study. A sample size of 128 representing 50% were drawn from a population of 257 principals using the stratified sampling technique. The instrument for the study was a validated instrument titled, planning strategies for the provision of education for the head, heart and the hand questionnaire (PSPEHHHQ), which yielded a reliability index of 0.84; using test re-test method. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while the z-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that the planning strategy for planning education for the head, heart and the hand is a collaborative interdisciplinary strategy aimed at a thoughtful curriculum design. The study concluded that a collaborative interdisciplinary planning is essential for the attainment of the optimum goal of education for the head, heart and the hand.