AN EVALUATION OF GENDER LEARNING OUTCOMES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION USING CONTEMPORARY TEACHING STRATEGIES AMONGST SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study evaluated the effects of power point presentation and gaming simulation on gender learning outcomes amongst senior secondary schools students offering Vocational and Technical education subjects in Ekiti State. The purpose was to find out whether there exists any disparity in gender learning outcomes using contemporary teaching strategies in Ekiti State Senior Secondary Schools in Vocational and Technical Education subjects. The study employed the Quazi experimental research design. The sample consisted of 47 senior secondary school student chosen from the three senatorial districts in Ekiti State. The instrument used to collect data was the Vocational and Technical Education Achievement Test (VTEAT). Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data for answering the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to the hypotheses of no significance at 0.05 level of significance. Results of the study showed that students taught with contemporary teaching strategies had higher post test scores in the vocational and technical education achievement test than those taught with conventional method of teaching. There were also no significant difference in the performance of male students taught with contemporary teaching strategies and female students in the senior secondary schools. It was recommended that the teachers of vocational and technical education in senior secondary school should take the advantage of using the contemporary teaching strategies their teaching procedures on the basis of enriching their students academic success.

Key Words: Contemporary teaching strategies, vocational and technical education, gender, learning outcome, senior secondary school students.