DESIGNING BASIC TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM TO ACCELERATE CREATIVITY AND SKILLS ACQUISITION AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA: TEACHERS' PERCEPTION
Keywords:
Basic technology curriculum, creativity, skills acquisition, junior secondary schoolAbstract
This paper investigated designing basic technology curriculum to accelerate creativity and skills acquisition among junior secondary school students in Nigeria. The research work used descriptive survey design with a population of 88 teachers and a sample size of 50 derived by stratified disproportionate sampling technique. The study was guided by two research questions. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire by the researchers with 18 items measured on a modified 4-point Likert scale. The instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability coefficient of the instrument 0.75 was calculated using Cronbachalpha. Data analysis was done using mean and standard deviation. Findings showed that the current basic technology curriculum develops creativity and skills acquisition in the student, and that the curriculum could be reviewed to include other areas that would make the students do better in the wider society. It was recommended that teachers should enhance their skills for curriculum implementation to boost students’ interest in the subject basic technology learning for creativity, the present tempo of the workshop experience of the students should be maintained to consolidate their competence in handling tools in a chosen endeavor in the future, principals should liase with the government to make available to the schools the needed equipment that would boost the productivity of both the teachers and the students etc.