A FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTEGRATION OF STEAM IN ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Aliyu Musa, Dahiru Sale Mohammed

Abstract


The contemporary Electrical Technology Education (ETE) curriculum of Nigerian technological universities has been cross-examined for not generating employable graduates.  The curriculum gives less importance to effective integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) courses due to lack of framework that can guide its implementation.  Hence, the purpose of this empirical paper was to develop a framework for the integration of STEAM skills in electrical technology education curriculum.  The research was designed to determine the best STEAM skills and their respective elements.  Mixed methods exploratory research design was employed for this study.  10 industry technical managers were interviewed.  The interview data were analyzed by using coding process starting with open coding followed by axial coding to selective coding.  The interview results were used to develop structured questionnaire.  The questionnaire was validated by 4 experts and its reliability was established through pilot study.  The sample of the survey was 646 including 528 ETE Graduates, 22 ETE Lecturers and 96 Industry Technical Managers.  Stepwise linear regression was used to analyze the survey.  The study developed the framework for the integration of STEAM skills including comprehension of STEAM, application of STEAM and evaluation of STEAM. The researcher recommended the implementation of the framework for the integration of STEAM skills in ETE curriculum.


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