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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The teacher holds the key to nation building; this is because the aspiration of any nation to transform into a great economy can only be possible if there are competent and dedicated lecturers to impart the appropriate knowledge. This, prompts the researchers to examines kills required for woodwork technology capacity building as perceived by technical educators in Nigeria South-West Colleges of Education. Two research questions guided the study. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The population for this study consisted of 91 woodwork technology educators in South-West Colleges of Education and University. Census study was adopted because of the population is small and manageable. The instrument used for data collection was 20 items structured questionnaire which was designed on a modified 4-point Likert scale titled: ‘Required Woodwork Technology Skills for Capacity Building Questionnaire (RWTSCBQ). The instrument was validated by three research experts from Department of Technical Education, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo. Reliability co-efficient (r) value of 0.89 was obtained through Cronbach alpha method. 91 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved by the researchers with the help of two research assistants and analysed using weighted mean and Improvement Need Index. It was found out that woodwork lecturers in the university perceived that trade skills in woodwork technology are required for proper capacity building in woodwork technology. However, it was recommended that college management should ensure that lecturers are expose to the right saleable skills needed in the woodwork industries to enable them swim with the tide. |
| Keywords: Woodwork Technology, Skills, Capacity Building and Technical Educators |
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