TEACHERS' PERCEPTION OF THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNET IN THE GLOBALIZATION OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The study investigated the teachers’ perception of the influence of Internet in the globalization of vocational and technical education: A case study in a Nigerian university. The design of the study was a descriptive survey type. Participants were twenty teachers from the Department of Industrial and Technology Education, School of Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was Globalization and Internet Questionnaires (GIQ). The GIQ contained statements related to respondents' demographic characteristics and liken-scale questions pertaining to teachers' perceptions of globalization and Internet competences. Data collected were analyzed using means and standard deviation statistics tools. Findings from the investigation reveal that globalization and Internet have positively impacted on VTE teachers in universities education in Nigeria in terms of access to information, teaching, learning, collaboration and contact among VTE teachers, better and faster scholarly communication among researchers as well as students throughout the world. The implication of these revelation is that VTE teachers in Nigerian universities should try to embrace these new technologies through retraining, retooling and then adopt new strategies which would improve teaching, research and information services delivery that would meet international best practices.