ENHANCING QUALITY ASSURANCE IN BASIC TECHNOLOGY THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING AT THE BASIC LEVELS IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS

Abstract

Obsolete teaching and learning processes have been identified as the cause of
ineffectiveness in achieving Quality Assurance (QA) in Basic Technology (BT) in
Nigerian schools. Literatures have shown that Project Based Learning (PBL) is a
learner centred approach that can aid effective Knowledge and skills acquisition
particularly in BT. Therefore, this study determined strategies for enhancing QA in
BT through PBL. Two research objectives and two research questions guided the
conduct of this study. The study employed a survey research design and was
conducted in Kano state Nigeria. The population for the study comprised 1,252 BT
teachers in the primary and Junior Secondary Schools in Kano state. Simple Random
Sampling technique was used to sample 294 respondents from the study's population.
Data for the study was collected using a structured questionnaire validated by two
Vocational and Technical Education experts and 1 PoBL expert. Cronbach's Alpha
was used to determine the reliability coefficient of the instrument which stood at .78.
Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse the data for the study. Findings
from the study revealed group collaboration, technology application, among the
elements of PBL suitable for application in BT at the basic levels in Nigerian schools.