CAPACITY BUILDING NEEDS OF WOODWORK TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION LECTURERS IN THE USE OF DIGITAL CIRCULAR SAW MACHINE IN NORTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the capacity building needs of woodwork technology education lecturers using Digital Circular Saw Machine (DCSM) in tertiary institutions offering NCE (Technical) Woodwork Technology Education in North-West States, Nigeria. Seven research questions guided the study while seven null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study made use of descriptive survey design. The population for the study was 84 subjects comprising of 40 Woodwork Technology Education Lecturers and 21 Woodwork Technology Education Administrators in seven tertiary educational institutions as well as 23 Woodwork Workshops Employers (Master Craftmens) in the seven North-West States. A 70 items questionnaire was used on instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by five woodwork technology education experts. The reliability of the instrument was determined using cronbach alpha reliability method to find the internal consistency that yielded 0.86. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the seven research questions while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance with help of SPSS version 23. The findings of the study revealed that Woodwork Technology Education Lecturers teaching NCE (Technical) Woodwork Technology Education Programme need capacity building in setting DCSM parameters such as: cutting speed and allowance tolerance with average mean value of 3.10 and also, finding on setting-up, programming, operation of computerized DCSM for ripping operation with average mean value 3.20. There was no significant difference in the mean response between woodwork technology education lecturers and woodwork administrators at the State Colleges of Education/State Polytechnics and Federal Colleges of Education/Federal Polytechnics on the capacity building needs of woodwork technology education lecturers on ripping operation with digital circular saw machine and also, There was no significant difference in the mean response between woodwork technology education lecturers and woodwork administrators at the State Colleges of Education/State Polytechnics and Federal Colleges of Education/Federal Polytechnics on the capacity building needs of woodwork technology education lecturers on grooving operation with digital circular saw machine. It was concluded that woodwork technology education lecturers need capacity building on setting of DCSM parameters, such as cutting speed, allowance tolerance, programming, operation with computerized DCSM for ripping operation. Based on the findings, it was recommended that: The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) should include ripping and other woodworking operations using Digital Circular Saw Machine (DCSM) in NCE (Technical) Woodwork Technology Education Programme Minimum Standard and also, Woodwork Technology Education Administrators should organize seminars and workshops for Woodwork Technology Education Lecturers on how to operate DCSM especially, on different woodworking operations.