ABSTRACT
The study
examined Effective strategies for the utilization of technical education
workshop for skill acquisition in manufacturing process in college of education
in Anambra state. To achieve the major objectives of the study, six null
hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Relevant literatures were
reviewed on the study. Eight hundred (800) final year Technical Education
students from four tertiary institutions in Anambra State constituted the
population of the study. A sample of 400 respondents was drawn from the
population using purposive, stratified and simple random sampling techniques.
The study adopted descriptive s survey design. Questionnaire research
instrument titled “Facility Utilization and Students’ Employability Skill
Acquisition Questionnaire (FUSESAQ)” was used for data collection. The
instrument was face and content validated by three experts and a reliability
estimate ranging from 0.77 –0.88 was established using Cronbach Alpha
reliability method. The data generated from fieldwork were statistically
analyzed using simple linear regression and population t-test. All hypotheses
were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that the
utilization of infrastructural, instructional, library and information communication
technology facilities had a significant joint influence on students’
employability skill acquisition in Technical Education. Based on these
findings, it was recommended amongst others that Nigerian University Commission,
National Board for Technical Education and National Commission for Colleges of
Education should set facility utilization standard and also strengthen their
monitoring and evaluation team to ensure effective utilization of library facilities by
both lecturers and students to improve their employability skills relevant in
the competitive labour market.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ii
CERTIFICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv
ABSTRACT v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vi
LIST OF TABLES viii
LIST OF FIGURES ix
CHAPTER
ONE:INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
to the study 1
1.2 Theoretical framework 7
1.3 Statement of the problem 10
1.4 Purpose of the study 11
1.5 Research questions 12
1.6 Statement of hypotheses 12
1.7 Significance of the study 13
1.8 Assumptions of the study 14
1.9 Scope of the study 14
1.10 Limitation of the study 15
1.11 Definition of terms 15
CHAPTER
TWO : LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Students’ employability skills
acquisition in Technical Education. 16
2.2 Utilization of infrastructural facilities
and students’ employability skill
acquisition 20
2.3 Utilization of instructional facilities
and students’ employability skill
acquisition 27
2.4 Utilization of library facilities and
students’ employability skill
acquisition 36
2.5 Utilization of ICT facilities and
students’ employability skill
acquisition 43
2.6 Joint utilization of infrastructural,
instructional, library, ICT facility
and students’ employability skills
acquisition. 51
2.7 Summary of literature review 53
CHAPTER
THREE:RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design 55
3.2 Area of the study 55
3.3 Population of the study 57
3.4 Sampling technique 59
3.5 Sample 59
3.6 Instrumentation 61
3.6.1 Validity of the instrument 62
3.6.2 Reliability of the instrument 62
3.7 Procedure for data collection 62
3.8 Procedure for data preparation and
scoring 62
3.9 Procedure for data analysis 62
3.10 Operational
definition of research variables 64
CHAPTER
FOUR:RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 General
description of research variables 67
4.2 Presentation
of results 67
4.3 Discussion
of findings 79
CHAPTER
FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary
of the study 87
5.2 Conclusion 88
5.3 Recommendations 88
5.4 Suggestions for further research 89
REFERENCES 90
APPENDIX 96
LIST
OF TABLES
PAGES
TABLE
1 Population distribution of the
study 58
TABLE
2 Sample distribution of the study 60
TABLE
3 Reliability table via test and
retest method using Pearson
Correlation Method 65
TABLE 4 Coding
schedule for the research instrument 66
TABLE 5 Summary
of demographic characteristics of the students 68
TABLE
6 Population t-test analysis of employability
skill acquisition among
Technical Education undergraduates 70
TABLE
7 Simple Linear Regression analysis
of influence of infrastructural
facilities utilization
on employability skill acquisition 71
TABLE
7 Simple Linear Regression analysis
of influence of instructional
facilities utilization
on employability skill acquisition 73
TABLE
8 Simple Linear Regression analysis
of influence of library facilities
utilization on
employability skill acquisition 75
TABLE
9 Simple Linear Regression analysis
of influence of Information
and Communication
Technology (ICT) facilities utilization on
employability skill
acquisition 76
TABLE
11 Multiple linear regression
analysis of influence of utilization of
infrastructural,
instructional, library and ICT facilities on employability
skill acquisition among Technical
Education undergraduates (N=400) 78
LIST
OF FIGURES
PAGES
FIG
1 Employability skills 4
FIG
2 Areas
of Technical Education 18