Training Needs of Technical Drawing Lecturers in Zamfara State

Sanusi Mohammed Anka, Samaila Hamza

Abstract


This study determined the perception of technical drawing teachers of their training needs for effective teaching at higher institutions in Zamfara states.  Three (3) research questions were developed based on the specific objectives of the study and the data was quantitatively collected using questionnaire items. 3 experts face-validated the 31 structured questionnaire items. The instrument was pilot tested using Cronbach Alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability on 12 respondents who are not part of the population for the study and the reliability coefficient of the entire instrument was 0.85. A survey design was adopted and the respondents for the study were 37 technical drawing teachers from three tertiary institutions in Zamfara state. Copies of the questionnaire were administered on the respondents by the researcher with the help of three research assistants, one for each school. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation with the help of Statistical Software Package (SPSS statistics 23 version). The major findings of the study include among others that lecturers of technical drawing require training on site, survey floor plan and elevation drawings, projections drawing and Design of building’s structure, illustrations showing how parts fit together and three orthographic views of a system. It was recommended that all the governmental and non-governmental organizations that take charge of tertiary institutions offering metal work and building technology should be fully engage in organizing in-service training for technical drawing lecturers. 


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