Abstract
The concerned of this study emanated from poor performance in woodwork and low declining skills in performance among tertiary institutions graduates in the North Western Nigeria. The study therefore, focused on the Skills Required by Teachers to carry out their Activities in Wood workshops in Tertiary Institutions in North Western Nigeria. Two research questions were asked and two hypotheses formulated and were tested at 0.05 level of significant. A questionnaire titled ‘Skills Required by Tertiary level Woodwork Teachers (QSRTWT), consisting of 37 items was structured based on the two research questions: Cutting, Planing, Joint making and Assembling were administered to forty woodwork teachers in seven tertiary institutions in North Western Nigeria (Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara states). Data collected were analyzed using the Mean and answered the research questions and t-test statistic was used and tested the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The result of the research questions showed that all the 37 woodwork skills were required by the tertiary institutions teachers. The hypotheses tested revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean responses of the Experienced and Less experienced teachers. Therefore, the result of the study showed that there is the need for re-training of teachers in woodwork skills for effective transfer of same to the learners. The study recommended that continuous training and re-training of woodwork teachers in woodwork skills through in service training, workshop and seminars to update their skills is necessary. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n7p108
Highlights
Woodwork is a course of study which enabled an individual to acquire skills in theory as well as practical aspect of the subject
Research Question 2: What are the skills required by woodwork teachers in assembling of woodwork projects in wood workshops in tertiary institutions in North Western Nigeria?
The analysis of research question two presented in table 2 provided such findings as indicated by the Mean ratings of woodwork teachers, the skills required by woodwork teachers in assembling of wood articles in wood workshops were all agreed as being required
Summary
Woodwork is a course of study which enabled an individual to acquire skills in theory as well as practical aspect of the subject (woodwork). For woodwork teachers to effectively teach sawing planing, joint making and assembling skills in the wood workshop, the teachers need to possess the required skills for effective transfer to their students. These skills are lacking on the part of woodwork technology teachers in tertiary institutions as stated by Oranu(2001) that technical college products are weak in the practice of their trades. In order to train students properly in woodwork skills for effective participation in the world of work, the skills of teachers need to be improved to enable woodwork teachers use the wood workshop for effective teaching and learning
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