A Study Of Secondary Technical School Students' And Teachers' Attitudes Toward Technical Education' Programme In Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate
answers to these questions: (1) How do basic engineering
and basic building trade students compare on a
test of Attitude Toward Technical Education? (2) Is
there any relationship between (a) educational
aspirations scores of basic engineering and basic
building students? (b) Students' attitudes toward
technical education and their educational aspirations
scores? (3) How do male and female technical school
teachers compare on a test of Attitude Toward Technical
Education? The study also sought to identify the
strengths and weaknesses of the technical education
programme in Kenya.
The two instruments that were used in data
collection were the Teachers' Technical Education
Attitude Scale, (TTEAS) and the Students' Technical
Education Attitude Scale" STEAS. The TTEAS was
administered to a sample of 138 teacher& while STEAS
was administered to 298 form three technical school
students. The sample population of this study was
selected using stratified cluster sampling procedures.
Citation
Masters of Arts , University of Nairobi (1983)Publisher
University of Nairobi. Department of Arts