Abstract:
This study sought to investigate the factors that affect acquisition of skills among the
welding students of St. John‟s Vocational Technical of the Nandom District of the
Upper West Region. It intends to seek the opinion of students‟ attitude towards
welding programmed regarding the Vocational/Technical Skills offered to them. To
see whether or not how the qualification of the teachers can influence the
learners/students‟ acquisition of skills? That is to say if the teacher is qualified and
knows the subject matter, he/she will be able to deliver and influence the student. For
that matter, he/she could even simplified the learning procedures for students to grasp
the essence of the skills been taught. On the other hand, lf the teacher has a very little
knowledge in a particular training concept would make the training boring and will
not be able to arose the interest of the students. Through the findings of this study, the
poor attitude of some students and the general public attitude towards practical skills
training may be addressed. The researcher adopted a descriptive survey design which
involved two sets of questionnaires with closed ended, forty questionnaires items for
welding students and thirty-six questionnaires items for the technical teachers. The
target population includes seventy (70) students and twenty-two (22) teachers, all of
St. John‟s Vocational technical institute-Nandom. Finally, the major findings were
found on four (4) Tables and three (3) figures in chapter 4. On the Table 4.2 51(73%)
of the respondents endorsed the statement that, many people do not really respect
technical men and women. Ghana government has not been able to supply enough
tools and equipment to Technical and Vocational Institution. Students‟ should put
pride aside and learn the skills. This testified that some students had negative attitude
towards practical skills training and as such reluctant to take the practical training
very seriously for their own good.
Description:
A Dissertation in the DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION, Faculty of TECHNICAL EDUCATION, submitted to the School
of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial fulfillment of
the Requirement for the award of the Master of Technology Education
(Mechanical Technology Education) degree.