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PRACTICAL SKILLS IMPROVEMENT NEEDS OF MECHANICAL CRAFT TEACHERS FOR TEACHING DRILLING AND MILLING PRACTICES IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES
No full textIn order to carry out this study, two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population comprised 80 teachers and 54 instructors in technical colleges in South-East Nigeria and were studied without sampling. A structured and validated questionnaire containing 17 items was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha formula was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire which yielded an overall reliability co-efficient of 0.77. The researchers administered the instrument with the help of five research assistants to the respondents. Data collected were analysed using weighted mean and improvement need index for both required and performance categories of the instrument in order to answer the research questions. The t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that mechanical craft teachers and instructors in technical colleges in South-East Nigeria need practical skills improvement for teaching drilling and milling practices. There is no significant difference between the mean responses of mechanical craft teachers and instructors on practical skills improvement needs for teaching drilling and milling practices in technical colleges South East, Nigeria. The study concluded that mechanical craft teachers and instructors in technical colleges in South-East Nigeria need practical skills improvement in drilling and milling practices in order to adequately prepare students to start their engineering venture upon graduation
EXTENT OF TEACHERS INVOLVEMENT IN SECONDARYSCHOOLADMINISTRATION IN ENUGU STATE
No full textThe study centered on the extent to which teacher’s are involved in decision making in secondaryschool administration in Enugu State. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheseswere formulated to guide the study. The population consists of 4520 female teachers and 2410 maleteachers, giving a total of 6930 secondary school teachers. The sample consist of 692 teachers, whichwas selected through a stratified random sampling procedure. A structure questionnaire was designedto elicit appropriate information from the respondents. The instrument was faced validated by threeexperts, two from educational management department and one in measurement and evaluationdepartment all from faculty of education in Enugu State University of Science and Technology. Thereliability co-efficient of the instrument was calculated using Cronbach alpha method. Alpha valuewas found to be 0.86 indicating high reliability of the instrument. Mean rating were used to answersthe research questions, and t- test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.5 level of significance. The Findings of this study indicates that teachers are involved to a great extent in decision-makinginsecondary schools administration in Enugu state. The authors recommended among others that Schooladministrators should endeavour to always involve teachers in any decision-making that will affectthem and make them to be part of any decision-making in the school system
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ CAREER DECISION SELF-EFFICACY: EXPLORING DEMOGRAPHICS IMPLICATIONS
No full textWhile university students of technical and vocational education must transit smoothly fromschool to work, inquiries patterning the students\u27 career decisions appear relatively understudied;especially concerning demographic possibilities in predicting their career decision self-efficacy(CDSE). This paper explores the students\u27 CDSE and the implications of their demographics(sex, academic major, and age) on their career decision self-efficacy (self-appraisal, occupationalinformation, goal selection, planning, and problem-solving). Adopting a correlational surveyapproach, the participants were 451 university students in technical and vocational educationfrom three geopolitical zones in Nigeria. The adopted CDSE scale used for this study showed agood model fit for its construct validity as well as high-reliability coefficients. Mean, standarddeviation, bivariate correlation, t-test, and multiple linear regression statistics were applied fordata analyses. Findings revealed that the students possessed some level of appreciable CDSE.Findings of multiple regression analysis revealed that academic major (Agricultural, Business,Home Economics, and Technical Education) has a relative association with CDSE. Meanwhile,the results also showed that the demographics have significant joint association withoccupational information, goal selection, planning, and problem-solving; but not self-appraisal
RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF BRAINSTORMING AND THINKPAIR-SHARE STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN BIOLOGY
No full textThe need for higher success in academic achievement of students in biology has always been theconcern of science teachers, educational assessors and evaluator. It is necessary to experimentmore student-centre methods of teaching. This study, therefore, ascertain the effects ofbrainstorming and think-pair-share teaching strategies when compared with the usualconventional teaching method. Two research questions were answered and two correspondinghypotheses were tested. The quasi-experimental research design was employed. One hundredand thirty-nine senior secondary school students were sampled. The biology achievement test(BAT) with multiple choice questions was used as the instrument for data collection. The BATwas subjected to face and content validity, while Kuder-Richardson method was used for thereliability, which yielded a coefficient of 0.71. data were collected as pre-test, post-test, anddelayed post-test. Mean, standard deviation, and analysis of covariance were used as statistictools. Findings revealed that students showed higher academic achievement scores with thethink-pair-share and brainstorming strategies than the conventional method. Nevertheless, nosignificant difference was found between the students taught biology with brainstorming andthink-pair-share strategies. The implication is that students will report higher academicachievement when student-centre methods are employed in teaching biology in secondaryschool
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION, LEARNING SELF-EFFICACY AND TASK PERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS
No full textThis study determined the relationship between knowledge dissemination, learning self-efficacyand task performance of business educators in tertiary institutions in South-south Nigeria. Acorrelational survey design was adopted. The study population was 137 business educators fromuniversities in South-South Nigeria, which also made up the sample size. The instrument usedfor data collected was a questionnaire which was face validated by three experts. Its reliabilitywas measured using Cronbach alpha method and an overall alpha value of 0.892 was obtained.Data collected were analyzed using, mean, standard deviation and regression with biascorrected bootstrap. The study found that knowledge dissemination does not predict learningself-efficacy of business educators. However, knowledge dissemination and learning self-efficacyseparately predict task performance of business educators in South-South universities inNigeria. Based on the findings it was recommended that, universities management shouldencourage knowledge dissemination as this will lead to high task performance of businesseducators in institutions, and business educators should make effort to improve on themselves byattending academic workshops and seminars as this will make them efficacious and optimallyenhance their task performance
EXTENT OF ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL SKILLS BY OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN BENUE STATE
No full textThis study investigated the extent of acquisition of digital skills by Office Technology andManagement (OTM) students in tertiary institutions in Benue State. Two research questionsguided the study and two null hypotheses were tested. Survey research design was used. Thepopulation of the study was 515 office technology students drawn from four tertiary institutionsin Benue State. Simple random sampling was used to get a sample size of 51 students for thestudy. Instrument used for data collection was a 5- point rating scale structured questionnaire.Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the researchquestions while t-test and ANOVA were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.The overall result showed that the acquisition of these digital skills by OTM students in tertiaryinstitutions in Benue State was at a moderate extent. The result of the hypotheses test showedthat there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of OTM students in universities,polytechnics and colleges of education on the extent of acquisition of skills in the two digitalapplications. Similiary, gender was significant. It was concluded that, OTM students in tertiaryinstitutions in Benue State did not have enough of the two digital skills applications to meet thechallenges of competitive nature of office work today. It was recommended that tertiaryinstitutions should try to provide adequate digital facilities for better training of students toenhance mastery of the needed skills upon graduation
EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS REQUIRED OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT GRADUATES BY MANAGERS OF SMALLSCALE ENTERPRISES IN ANAMBRA STATE
No full textThe study was conducted to ascertain the employability skills required of office technology andmanagement (OTM) graduates by small scale enterprises in Anambra State. The study adopted adescriptive Survey design. Two research questions guided the study, while two hypotheses weretested at 0.05 level of significance. Population of 980 mangers of small scale enterprise wasused for the study. Proportionate stratified sampling techniques were used to sample 294 smallscale enterprise managers in Anambra State. The questionnaire was validated by experts inbusiness education. The reliability method was used to determine the reliability of the instrumentwas established using Cronbach alpha formula to determine the internal consistency of theinstrument which yielded Correlation coefficient values of 0.93, 0.97, 0.98, and 0.96 for the fourclusters of the questionnaire, with the overall coefficient value of 0.96. Mean was used to answerthe research questions while the null hypothesis were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Ztest. Data collected were analyzed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation to answer theresearch questions. Findings from the study revealed that problem solving skill, and databaseadministration skills, are highly required of OTM graduates by small scale enterprises inAnambra State
GOVERNMENTAL AND MANAGERIAL FACTORS HAMPERING THE GROWTH OF SMALL SCALE ENETERPRISES IN ENUGU, NIGERIA
No full textThe persistent failure of small scale businesses in Nigeria is alarming and needs timelyintervention particularly in Enugu State. This, however, informed the present study to determinegovernmental and managerial factors hampering the growth of small scale enterprises in EnuguState. Two purpose statements, two research questions and four hypotheses guided the study.The research design was descriptive survey. Simple random technique was used to select 120registered entrepreneurs for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structuredquestionnaire. The questionnaire was tested for validity and reliability. Using Cronbach’salpha, the overall reliability coefficient was 0.82. Descriptive statistics of mean and standarddeviation were used to answer the research questions. The t-test for non-correlated data wasused to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study revealed amongothers that governmental and managerial factors hamper the growth of small scale enterprisesin Enugu State. The findings revealed that the respondents differ significantly in their meanratings on governmental and managerial factors that hamper the growth of SSEs based onlocation. Similarly, the findings revealed that the respondents do not differ significantly in theirmean rating on governmental factor that hamper the growth of SSEs in Enugu State based onlocation. However, the respondents differed significantly in their mean rating on governmentalfactor that hamper the growth of SSEs based on years of experience. Similarly, the respondentsdo not differ significantly in their mean rating on managerial factor that hamper the growth ofSSEs in Enugu State based on years of experience. Based on the findings, it was recommendedamong others that Enugu state should be consistent in her policies and regulations with regardsto the affairs of small scale enterprises. Entrepreneurs in Enugu State should strive to employcompetent managers to their enterprises as that will enhance enterprise growth anddevelopment among others
EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS PROCESSING PRACTICES IN POLYTECHNICS IN EDO AND DELTA STATES
No full textNigerian tertiary institutions seem to have embraced electronic record-keeping procedures in orderto make records available at the right time and at the right place butthe extent to which secretaries ofpolytechnics in Edo and Delta States have adopted electronic record processing practices is notempirically known. In order to execute this study, one research question was raisedand twohull hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the descriptivesurvey design. Populationof 188 secretaries in polytechnics in the two states were used for thestudy without sampling and the size was not too large. A validated questionnaire by experts wasused for data collection.Cronbach alpha method was used to establish the reliability of theinstrument which yielded coefficients of 0.75. Mean and standard deviation were used to answerthe research question and determine the homogeneity of respondents’ means while t-test wasused to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed thatelectronic records processingpractices were adopted in managing records in polytechnics inEdo and Delta States to a high extent. The findings also revealed that secretaries do not differsignificantly in their mean ratings on their extent of adoption ofelectronic records processingpractices in managing records in their institutions as a result of gender and years of workingexperience. The study concluded that secretaries in polytechnics in Edo and Delta States needfurther retraining exercises to enable them acquire new digital skills that will facilitate the art ofutilizing modern electronic records processing activities for effective and efficient managementof records. It was recommended among others that polytechnics should ensure that adequate,functional and modern facilities are available for secretaries and administrative staffs to enablethem perform electronic record processing practices effectively and efficiently
ACCOUNTING STUDENTS’PERCEPTIONON ADOPTION OF SELFEVALUATION LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH -EAST NIGERIA
No full textAdoption of innovative pedagogical practicesto improve students’ learning and academic performance has remained a crucial factor in educational programmes. The study ascertained the perception of accounting students on the adoption of self-evaluation learning strategies for enhanced academic performance in colleges of education in South East Nigeria. The design of the study was a descriptive survey conducted with 520final year accounting studentin colleges of education in South East Nigeria. A sample size of 226 (77 males and 149 females) was drawn for the study using Taro Yamane formula. One research question guided the study and one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. A validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha method was used to establish the internal consistency of the instrument. Data collected were analyzed using arithmetic mean and t-test statistic. The findings of the study revealed that students agreedthey adopt eight out of the nine listed selfevaluation learning strategies for enhancing their academic performance in financial accounting.They disagreed that they prepare a short quiz at the end of each financial accounting lecture to evaluate their understanding of the course content. Gender did not significantly influence respondents’ mean ratings of self-evaluation learning strategies they adopt for enhanced academic performance in financial accounting. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended among others that accounting educators should emphasize the teaching of all the self-evaluation learning strategies such as students assessing themselves at the end of each accounting lecture to evaluate their understanding of the course content, to improve their academic performance in financial accounting