The Practice And Major Challenges of Keyboarding Education In Tvet Colleges (The Case of Addis Ababa City Administration)
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2008-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
This study sought to survey the practice and major challenges of keyboarding
instruction in TVET colleges of Addis Ababa. Specifically, the researcher sought
to create awareness on the importance of keyboarding skill for all students
with implication of prioritizing the skill among experts for further studies to be
conducted at the national level in the area to make curricular revisions. One
hundred fifty-eight secretarial students, Business Education Teachers,
Business Education Department Heads and secretarial workers participated
from 10 sampled TVET Colleges found in Addis Ababa using both random and
purposive sampling techniques. Descriptive survey method was employed to
conduct the research. Questionnaire, interview and document analysis were
employed as the methods of data collection. The data collected was, thus
analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively as the situation demands.
Consequently, the findings indicated that almost all of the participants are not
in a position of supporting the curriculum for typing instruction found in middle
level TVET·colleges. Because, the curriculum is identified as having traditional
nature in that it offers mass typing training only for secretarial science
students, using manual typewriter; in view of the fact that, the existing
situation is demanding the training to be for all students due to the prolific use
of computer in schools, home and work place.. As a result, most prefer
keyboarding and principle of typing as an appropriate course for mastery of
the skill. Regarding the training tools used in the curriculum, over half of the
respondents' reaction was found to be similar to the literature, i.e. since all the
machines have the same keyboard layout they identified ~he tools to be used
based on the exis~ing situation of school. The participants suggested that
considering the socio-economic condition of the country in general and that of
Addis Ababa in particular, the training of keyboarding skill for all to be in the
Middle level (TVET and preparatory) schools which are preferred as the best
place for keyboarding instruction for all students over higher education and
elementary levels. Finally, they also identified four major chailenges of the
program, i.~. luck awareness, lack of access to training tools, negative attitude
to keyboarding skill and lack of teachers. Recommendations and implications
were given for TVET curriculum specialist as well as for further research and
studies
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And Major Challenges of Keyboarding Education