Perceived Influence of Design Procedures in Enhancing the Quality of Practical Projects of Pre-service Basic Technology Teachers at NCE (Technical) in North-Eastern Nigeria

Ibrahim Waziri, Abubakar Sadiq Adamu

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The purpose of this study was to find out the perceived influence of design procedures in enhancing the quality of practical projects of Pre-service Basic Technology teachers at NCE (Technical) in North-Eastern Nigeria. The study used descriptive survey design. Specifically, the study addressed three research questions and three hypotheses which in both cases bordered on design procedures for Penhancing the quality of practical projects of pre-service basic technology teachers. The population of the study was made up of 144 lecturers and 73 workshop instructors making a total of 217. Purposive random sampling technique was used. A validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. A reliability coefficient of 0.82 was obtained. The findings of the study revealed that design procedures have influence in enhancing the quality of practical projects of Pre-service Basic Technology teachers at NCE (Technical) in North-Eastern Nigeria. All the hypotheses tested using T-tests at 0.05 level of significance revealed that, there was no significant difference between the responses of lecturers and that of workshop instructors on the perceived influence of design procedures in enhancing the quality of practical projects of Pre-service Basic Technology teachers at NCE (Technical) in North-Eastern Nigeria. Based on the findings therefore, it was recommended that, the responses of the respondents as trainers should be upheld and considered for inclusion in the technical education teacher training programme for enhancing the quality of practical projects at NCE (Technical) level. Furthermore, it was also suggested that, the trainers (lecturers and workshop instructors) should be undergoing some kinds of refresher courses regularly.


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