The Employability Competencies Needed by Educational Technology Teachers’ for Effective Teaching and Learning in the 21ST Century Workforce

Abstract

This study was carried out to identify the employability competencies needed by educational technology teachers for effective teaching and learning in the 21st century workforce. Specifically, the study determined the general employability competencies and the most important by ranking. Two research questions and one null hypothesis were formulated and tested at 0.05 levels of significance to guide the study. The descriptive survey design was used and the population for the study was made up of 17 educational technology teachers in the Niger State College of Education Minna (COEM) and the Federal College of Education Kontagora (FCE KNT). A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected were analysed using frequency counts, mean and t-test. The findings revealed that all the employability skills listed are needed, but integrity/ honesty ranked higher while taking a reasonable job risk was ranked lowest. It was recommended that employability skills should be given greater emphasis in training, educational technology teachers by ensuring that these skills are integrated into the curriculum of educational institutions to ensure that students’ upon graduation acquire such skills so as to fit into the 21st century workforce.