Authors :
Okemwa K. Stella; Ferej Ahmed; Wanami Simon; Kitainge K. M
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 2 - February
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7645283
Abstract :
Skill training for TVET graduates is very
important as it prepares them to enter the world of work.
This study aimed at establishing strategies trainers used to
enhance the trainees’ skill acquisition in electronic
laboratory instruction in public technical and vocational
education training institutions in Nairobi County. The
study sought to: determine whether trainees and trainers
had faced any challenges; identify specific challenges faced
by respondents; establish strategies trainers used and
determine other strategies that need to be adopted to
enhance the trainees’ ability acquire the requisite skills in
the electronic laboratory practice. Mixed methods
research design was adopted. The target population
comprised electrical and electronics department heads,
trainers and final-year diploma trainees in eight public
TVET institutions in Nairobi County. The study used
census and purposeful sampling methods to select the
respondents. Questionnaires and interview schedules were
used to collect data. Quantitative and qualitative data
analysis techniques were employed. The study found out
that trainers employed some strategies in laboratory
practice owing to the challenges faced in laboratory
instruction. From the above finding, it was concluded that
the trainers made an extra effort by employing various
strategies to enhance the skill acquisition by technician
trainees. Therefore, it was recommended that TVET
trainers consider experiential learning to make technician
trainees’ laboratory learning more effective.
Keywords :
Strategies; Challenges; Skills; Electronic; Laboratory; Instruction.
Skill training for TVET graduates is very
important as it prepares them to enter the world of work.
This study aimed at establishing strategies trainers used to
enhance the trainees’ skill acquisition in electronic
laboratory instruction in public technical and vocational
education training institutions in Nairobi County. The
study sought to: determine whether trainees and trainers
had faced any challenges; identify specific challenges faced
by respondents; establish strategies trainers used and
determine other strategies that need to be adopted to
enhance the trainees’ ability acquire the requisite skills in
the electronic laboratory practice. Mixed methods
research design was adopted. The target population
comprised electrical and electronics department heads,
trainers and final-year diploma trainees in eight public
TVET institutions in Nairobi County. The study used
census and purposeful sampling methods to select the
respondents. Questionnaires and interview schedules were
used to collect data. Quantitative and qualitative data
analysis techniques were employed. The study found out
that trainers employed some strategies in laboratory
practice owing to the challenges faced in laboratory
instruction. From the above finding, it was concluded that
the trainers made an extra effort by employing various
strategies to enhance the skill acquisition by technician
trainees. Therefore, it was recommended that TVET
trainers consider experiential learning to make technician
trainees’ laboratory learning more effective.
Keywords :
Strategies; Challenges; Skills; Electronic; Laboratory; Instruction.
