Islamic studies education is the development of behaviours, attitudes, beliefs and practices of Islamic religion in the individual. It is to acquaint the students with the broad doctrines of Islam. It is observed that explanation technique was frequently used in the Colleges of Education to prepare the trainee teachers. This cannot help them to teach effectively and efficiently when they eventually get to the field. The fact is that the aim of NCE is to prepare the student teachers to teach in primary and junior secondary schools. This study assessed techniques and resources used in teaching Islamic studies in Colleges of Education inrnNigeria. The objectives of the study were to: (i) assess the various techniques used in teaching Islamic studies in Colleges of Education in Nigeria; (ii) assess the various resources used; (iii) establish the difference of gender, college type, qualification and teaching experience of lecturers in the use of techniques and resources; and (iv) determine the difference of these variables on the use of techniques and resources.rnThis is a descriptive study of the cross sectional type. The target population study involved all Islamic studies lecturers in Colleges of Education in the four sampled geopolitical zones of Nigeria (i.e. North- central, North- east, North- west and South-west zones). The purposive sampling technique was used to select400 Islamic Studies lecturers in the Colleges of Education. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit responses from the respondents. Frequency counts and percentage were used to analyse the demographic data of the respondents, while hypotheses were tested with the use of t-test statistical analysis and one-way analysis of variance at 0.05 level of significancernThe findings of the study were that:rni. the explanation technique was used in the teaching of Islamic Studies;rnii. the Glorious book, Qurâ€™an and Hadith as educational resources were very adequately used in teaching Islamic Studies;rniii. there was a significant difference in techniques as well in resources used by male and female colleges of education Islamic Studies lecturers in teaching Islamic studies in favour of male lecturers; (t=24.30, p<0.05) and (t=12.53, p<0.05);andrniv. there was a significant difference in techniques as well in resources used by less qualified, qualified and very qualified college of education Islamic studies lecturers in teaching Islamic studies in favour of very qualified lecturers (f=491.62, p<0.05) and (f=698.76, p<0.05).rnThe study concluded that all the variables were significant in the use of techniques and resources. The implication is that the various techniques as well as resources should be explored in order to boost the performance of trainee teachers. The study recommended that Islamic Studies lecturers should employ various techniques such as explanation, description, demonstration, narration, illustration, role-play, fieldtrip/excursion, drilling, discussion and observation. Likewise resources, both human and non-human such as, audio, visual and audio-visual should be used to teach their students. School authority should provide different instructional resources to colleges of education for effective and efficient teaching and learning.