Evaluation of competency based training in the Bsc Fashion Design and Textiles Education Programme of University of Education, Winneba

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to critically analyze and appraise the effectiveness of the teaching of competency-based skills in the Fashion and Textiles programme in the Ghanaian CBT space with emphasis on the programme in University of Education Winneba, Kumasi Campus. The study was descriptive with the researcher adopting the use of the mixed-method research design. Questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions, and observation were used as the main data collection instruments for the study. The researcher purposively obtained a sample of 65 respondents consisting of instructors and students of the University of Education Winneba CBT fashion programme. The study revealed that females mostly enrolled in the fashion programme of the University of Education. The study also revealed that the most common skills in the BSc. Fashion Design and Textiles Education programme are pattern drafting, garment design, pattern construction, sewing of garments, computer aided design, millinery work and accessories production. The major objectives of the programme include providing students with employable and innovative skills, and also to enable them to find a route to gaining employment out of acquired skills. Finally, courses such as creative design and working drawing, pattern drafting, garment designing, pattern construction, fashion drawing, fashion illustration, embroidery, applique, computer aided design and millinery work were deemed very effective in the institution. The study recommends that curriculum developers should concentrate on the less effective courses by either redeveloping their modules or seek improvement to make them more effective and appealing to student