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Item Use of Adaptive Equipment Technology for Supporting Disabled Persons at Federal University of Technology, Minna Library Environment.(Niger State Chapter of the Nigerian Library Association, 2024-07) Okechukwu Emmanuel Munachi; Chuks-Ibe Prisca Oluchi; Saidu Amina Abubakar; Tauheed Halimah NeneItem Transforming the Curriculum for New Era Librarians in Tertiary Institutions: A Study of Federal University of Technology,Minna, Nigeria(West A frican Union University Institute Press, 2022-10) Saka Katamba Abubakar,; Madaki Abdulsalam Muhammad; Tauheed Halimah NeneItem Information Technology Service Provision in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET): Implications for Sustainable Development in 21st Century Nigeria(Benue State Journal of Education, Benue State University, 2017-11) Dr Christopher O. Igwe,Franca C. Nwankwo, Akawu L. Abubakar,Tauheed H. Nene, Abubakar Gimba LibraryItem Methods of Teaching Industrial and Technology Education(UDUS University Press Limited Sokoto, 2025) Igwe, C. O.; Hassan, A. M.Item Technology Education: A Vehicle for Sustainable Youth Empowerment in Nigeria(SAMUTECH SERVICES LTD, 2008) Igwe, C. O.The technology objective of the National Policy on Education FRN (2004), centered on increasing the productive potential of the Nigerian youths thereby increasing the chances of producing better goods and services. The socio-economic development of Nigeria is strongly tied to effective implementation of technology education programme. Empowering the youths with relevant knowledge, productive skill and work habits, appear indispensable. This paper addressed technology education as a vehicle for sustainable youth empowerment. Strategies for this empowerment were discussed and recommendations made for its sustainability, among which are: organizing workshop/conferences on the “how to” and ‘benefits” of technology education, and encouraging young graduate on initial establishment of small scale trades were highlighted.Item Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Economic Development in Nigeria in the 21st Century. Entrepreneurship and Innovation(2017) Igwe, C. O.; Raymond, E.; Abutu, E.; Dantani, I. W.Item The methods of Integrating Technology in Teaching and Learning. Teaching with Technology: Perspectives, Challenges and future Directions(Nova Science Publishers New York, 2019) Igwe, C. O.; Mustapha, A.The method used for active teaching and learning is a point of grave interest to educators and teachers. Methods of instruction in any education circumstance deliver a lively role in exciting analytical and artistic thought, improving student cooperation and guaranteeing that students observe a problem from varied viewpoints. They are planned to give scholars the chance to watch, interlace in and develop or identify expert’s procedures in circumstance. Therefore, this chapter highlighted drill and practice, dialogue, and tutorial as methods of integrating technology in teaching and learning.Item Assessment of the Metacognitive Awareness and its Implication on the Technical College Students’ Academic Achievement in Niger State(Journal of Information, Education, Science and Technology (JOEST), 2014) Owodunni, S. A.; Igwe, C. O.; Hassan, A. M.This study assessed technical students’metacognitive awareness and its implication on their academic achievement in Niger State technical colleges. The study adopted a correlation survey research design. The population of the study was 188 National Technical Certificate (NTC) 11 technical students. Three research questions and three null hypotheses, tested at 0.05 level of significance, guided the study. The instrument used for data collection were Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) and Technical Drawing Achievement Test (TDAT). The inventory was validated by experts for use in Nigeria context. The trial test for determining the coefficient of stability of the instrument was carried out using 40 students in Government Science Technical College Garki, Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory. The reliability coefficient computed for the achievements test was found to be 0.088. Mean was used to answer the research questions. Kendall’s Tau-b correlation coefficient was applied for the measurement of correlation among/between the variables of interest, while t-test statistics was employed to test the hypotheses. The study found out that male students performed better than the female students in the achievements test and MAI subscales. The study revealed among others that urban students performed better than the rural students in the achievement test and MAI subscales; there was a link among internet usage, library habits students metacognition and student’s achievement performance of highly metacognitvely aware students was better on the achievement test than low metacognitively aware students; there was no significant difference between metacognition of male and female students and between urban and rural students. Consequently, it was recommended among others that the training of students should be focused on where they need support to develop their metacognition and that internet surfing and reading library books have good impact on metacognitive awareness.Item Proper Funding of Technology Education Institutions: A Condition for Sustainable Development of Nigerian Youths(Journal of Vocational and Adult Education (JOVAE), 2006) Igwe, C. O.; Ibeneme, O. T.This paper identifies the funding needs of technology education, which include purchase of new equipment, training and retraining of technology education teachers among others. It also considers the tragic consequences of improper funding of technology education institutions on the sustainable development of Nigerian youths. Constraints to proper funding were explored. It was observed that poor image and sole funding of technology education by government constitute a cog in the wheel of development and advancement of technology education in Nigeria. Finally, a call was made for involvement of the communities, foreign aids, industries, and technology education institutions in funding technology education.Item Mechanisms for Improving Manpower Production in Occupational and Technical Education(ATBU Journal of Technology and Educational Research (JOTER), 2013) Atsume, B. N.; Robert, O.; Raymond, E.; Igwe, C. O.This study was designed to identify mechanisms for improving the quantity and quality of manpower production in vocational and technical education in Kogi State. Four research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The study was carried out in Kogi State of Nigeria and the areas of study specifically are technical colleges, secondary schools, polytechnics and industries. Population of the study comprised two hundred (200) technology education teachers and seventy-five industrial personnel drawn from the area of study. A 30-items questionnaire was used to collect the relevant data. The research questions and hypotheses were analyzed using mean standard deviation and t-test statistics. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results from the data showed that technology teachers and head of technical departments and unit from the industries shared similar views with (30 or 73.4%) of the mechanisms proposed. Specifically it discovered that there is no strong tie between industries and training institutions, students industrial work experience scheme is haphazardly organized, the training facilities and entrants into the training institutions are poor and the administration of these training institutions were left in the hands of non-vocational educators. Based on the findings, it was recommended, that government should immediately conduct a national survey on manpower needs in vocational and technical education, remunerations of technical teachers should be reviewed urgently; industries should go into partnership with training institutions in drawing up a training programmes and government should liaise with industries to ensure the remittance of 5% of their annual profit the development of technical education.