ASSESSMENT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ON BUILDING/ WOODWORK TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE

Abstract

The integration of emerging technologies in teaching and learning of building/ woodwork technology in a university has been a thing of concern to students’ performance. Three objectives and research questions guided the study. The research design adopted for the study was descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised 46 building/ woodwork technology students of Tai Solarin University of education, Ijebu-Ode. The entire population constituted the sample for the study because the number is manageable. The instrument used for data collection was 25 items structured questionnaire with 4-point rating scale. The questionnaires were validated by three research experts in the Department of Technical Education, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo. The value of the reliability obtained was 0.79. The questionnaire was administered by the researchers. The data collected from the field were analyzed using, Mean and Standard Deviation. The study revealed that emerging technologies improve student academic performance in building/ woodwork technology. It was therefore recommended that building/ woodwork technology students should ensure that emerging technologies forms parts of their learning activities in classroom or at home. And building/woodwork technology programme should be reviewed by policy makers to reflect the current developmental and technological changes that can improve students’ performance.