Teachers’ Perception of the Influence of Internet in the Globalization of Vocational and Technical Education: A Case Study of a Nigerian University.

Abstract

The study investigated the teachers’ perception of the influence of internet in the globalization of vocational and technical education: A case study of a university in Nigeria. The design of the study was descriptive survey type. Twenty Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) teachers from Industrial and Technology Education Department, Federal University of Technology, Minna, were surveyed through the authors’ adapted and adopted questionnaire. The instrument for data collection was Globalization and Internet Questionnaires (GIQ). The GIQ contained statements related to respondents’ demographic characteristics and likert-scale questions pertaining to teachers’ perceptions of globalization and Internet competences. The data collected were analyzed using means and standard deviation statistics Findings from the investigation reveal that globalization and Internet have positively impacted on VTE teachers in universities education in Nigeria in terms of access to information, teaching, learning, collaboration and contact among VTE teachers, better and faster scholarly communication among researchers as well as students throughout the world. The implication of these revelation is that VTE teachers in Nigerian universities should try to embrace these new technologies through retraining, retooling and then adopt new strategies which would improve teaching, research and information services delivery that would meet international best practices.