Capacity Building Needs of Electronic Technology Lecturers for Integration of Mobile Phone Hardware Repairs into the Electronic Curriculum

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the capacity building needs of electronic technology lecturers for integration of mobile phone hardware repairs into the electronic curriculum. In carrying out the research, five research questions and five null hypotheses were formulated for the study.  The population for the study was 39 electronic technology lecturers. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using mean while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the five null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed the skill needs of electronic technology lecturers for integration of mobile phone hardware repairs into the electronic curriculum on mobile phone components identification, mobile phone hardware repair tools identification, disassembling and assembling of mobile phones, identification of mobile phone hardware faults, and remedying of mobile phones hardware faults. It was therefore recommended that in-service trainings should be given to the electronic lecturers in these skill need areas to ensure effective integration of mobile phone hardware repairs into the electronic curriculum.

Keywords: Electronic Technology, Mobile Phone Repairs, Curriculum, Capacity Building