Consolidating Goals of Service-Learning for Tertiary Technical and Vocational Education

A.D. Ahmad¹ , M.J. Khata² , B. Shuaibu³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.6 , pp.36-46, Jun-2021

Online published on Jun 30, 2021

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Abstract :
Consolidating goals of service-learning in tertiary institutions offering Technical and Vocational Education is gaining acceptance in other part of the developing nations around the world. Despite experiential learning adoption in education, higher institutions of learning employ the use of such experiential learning without considering pertinent statistical methods to guide the selection of the goals that can guide the implementation of the experiential learning in practice. Hence, this study deployed a structural equation modeling (SEM) to consolidate the goals of service-learning for TVE in Nigeria. The study was guided by three research questions and one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 alpha value. Descriptive survey design was employed for the study. A sample of two hundred and sixty seven (267) samples that comprised of lecturers and administrators were randomly selected from fifteen tertiary institutions. Goals of service-learning in technical and vocational education questionnaire’ (GOSLITVEQ) that comprised of 15 items was used for data collection. A reliability coefficient of 0.83 was obtained for the questionnaire using Cronbach’s Alpha statistic. Structural equation modelling (SEM) specifically, the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed for data analysis using Analysis of Moment of Structure (AMOS). The finding revealed eight goals of service-learning that were deemed relevant for implementation in TVE. Based on the finding, the paper recommends eight goals of service-learning to Nigerian tertiary education institutions offering TVE for implementation of service-learning.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Service-Learning, Technical and Vocational Education, Structural Equation Modeling

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