INTEGRATING THE USE OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: A CASE OF GSTC COMPUTER CRAFT DEPARTMENT IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE.

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Abstract

Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) is one of the manpower development programmes of study that is attracting the attention of various countries around the world. Numerous studies on Didactics have demonstrated the effectiveness of student centered methods and strategies to improve results in terms of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). With the continuous advancement of technology, computer technology has infiltrated human life and work and it has become a necessary technology for human. In this case, the computer program has become a required course. After research and analysis, this paper thinks that if the “Project-based Learning” be applied to the higher vocational computer courses, it will contribute to the development of higher vocational computer education. This paper mainly describes the“Project-based Learning” and its application in higher vocational course. This position paper explored how to improve the professional education of skilled workers and technicians in order to solve their diversity of professional problems with the aid of a Project Based Learning (PBL) approach.


KEYWORDS: Project Based Learning, integration, Technical and Vocational Education (TVE)

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