Fabric Designing Dexterity Improvement of Home-Economics Students for Boosting their Finances in Southeast Nigerian Universities
Ugochi Nwanneka Nwike 1, Ngozi Mary Eze 2
1 Department of Technology and Vocational Education, (Home-Economics), Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, 420007, Anambra State, Nigeria
2 Department of Home Economics and Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Enugu State, Nigeria.
*Correspondence: Ugochi, Nwanneka Nwike, Department of Technology and Vocational Education (Home Economics), Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, 420007, Anambra State, Nigeria (Email: un.nwike@unizik.edu.ng).
Abstract: The aim of TVE to equip students with the necessary skills for self-reliance and poverty reduction calls for upgrading the skills imparted to students to keep them abreast of dynamic changes in today's world. This study therefore identified different skills in fabric designing Home-Economics students need to enhance their dexterity prowess for self-reliance and poverty reduction. To carry out this research, four research questions were raised and answered using means and mean differences. The study employed the descriptive survey research design. 100 lecturers and 340 final year students of universities that offer home economics education in the five states of the south-eastern geopolitical zone of Nigeria formed the population of the study. No sampling for the population was manageable. A questionnaire of two-scale components for possessed and needed fabric designing skills constructed and validated by experts was used for data collection. The reliability coefficients of the questionnaires were 0.823 and 0.723 respectively for the two scale components. The data analyses revealed knitting by machine, piping skill and other five novel fabric designing skills that are needed by home-economics students for poverty reduction and boosting of the students' finances. It was recommended that the integration of 21st Century Skills in Thematic learning also consistent workshops and conferences should be made mandatory for students to attend amongst others.
Keywords: Clothing and Textiles, Dexterity, Fabric Designing, Home-Economics students, University Education.
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Nwike U.N. & Eze N.M. (2024). Fabric Designing Dexterity Improvement of Home-Economics Students for Boosting their Finances in Southeast Nigerian Universities International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research, 3(2), 239-251. https://doi.org/10.57012/ijhhr.v3n2.016