Competency needs of Metalwork technology teachers for effective teaching in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in Nigeria.

Abstract

This study was designed to determine competency needs of metalwork technology teachers for effective teaching in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in Nigeria. Three research questions were developed and 3 null hypotheses were formulated and tested at the probability of 0.05 level of significance. Structured questionnaire was developed and used for data collection while 3 experts were engaged to face-validate the instrument. The instrument was pilot tested on 12 respondents who are not part of the population for the study and the reliability coefficient of the entire instrument was 0.80. A survey design was adopted and the respondents for the study were 120 made up of 100 Metalwork Technology Teachers and 20 metalwork administrators. The findings of the study revealed among others that metalwork teachers needs competency in: Setting up job on the lathe using digital electronic comparator, machining jobs using dividing heads/indexing plates, using welding techniques like Tungsten Inherit Gas (TIG)/Metal Inherit Gas (MIG); Applying principles of triangulation in pattern development; perform melt treatment operations like desulphurization and alloy inoculation. It was recommended that specific areas of competency needs identified should be worked upon through capacity building in order to effectively teach metalwork technology in Technical Vocational Education and Training Institutions in Nigeria.