Generic Skills and Technical, Vocational Education and Training Students’ Attitudes in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Abstract: Most discussions concerning today’s workforce eventually turn to employability or generic skills. Finding workers who have generic or job readiness skills that help them fit into the work environment has become a challenge. This study investigated the attitudes of students towards generic skills and Expunge. It was conducted at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The population was 100 students comprising of Electrical Technology students in the Department Of Vocational Education. The stratified random sampling technique was used to sample 80 students for the study. Two research questions guided the study. It was found that students have a positive attitude towards generic skills, however, as their study year increases, the more of these generic skills they come to appreciate and develop. It was recommended among others that teachers should provide extensive practice in the application of these skills, using carefully structured activities and provide prompt constructive feedback on the students’ efforts. Keywords: Generic skills, Attitudes, TVET, Electrical Technology.
Authors and Affiliations
Aloysius Ekpo, Emmanuel Caleb
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP380092
- DOI -
- Views 89
- Downloads 0
Challenges Faced by Mentors and Mentees in Teacher Education in Zimbabwe
Mentoring has remained crucial in the development of human capital in different fields, which include commerce, industry and education among others. Like other fields, education has adopted the mentoring approach in the...
Partial equilibrium analysis of integrity of civil servants pension system
Abstract: China's pension system has not yet covered the Civil Servants, but to achieve full coverage of the system is an inevitable trend. Scholars in achieving full coverage of the pension system after taking the World...
A Study on Personality and Achievement in Botany of Higher Secondary Students
Abstract: The main objective of this study is to find out the relationship between personality and achievement in botany of higher secondary students. The study also aims to find out the difference in personality and ach...
Motivational Factors That Affect the Control of Disease Recurrence in Ugac Sur Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
This study was conducted to determine the motivational factors needed by the residents of Ugac Sur Tuguegarao City, Cagayan in the control of recurring diseases in their barangay. Specially, it determined the physiologic...
Construing Harbingers of the Arab Spring as Socio-Political Illness in HishamMatar’s in the Country of Men
Abstract:Deriving hermeneutic impetus from poststructuralist and postmodernist theories, the concepts of illness and health have assumed the status of interdisciplinary discourse, where various disciplines in the humanit...