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    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.
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    Gender Inequality in Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A challenge to Female Education in Nigeria
    (Journal of Nigerian Association of Teachers of Technology (JONATT), 2016) Owodunni, S. A.; Igwe, C. O.; Sanni, T. A.; Onatunde, E. K.
    This paper looks at the gender inequality in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) with respect to female education in Nigeria. It defined the concept of gender as socio cultural and is built based on the biological expectations of the individual on the basis of being male or female, and identifies wide range of gender issues militating against Technical and Vocational Education and Training development such as religion, stereotype, lack of adequate guidance and counseling services and cultural influences. The paper also looks at ways of encouraging female participation in TVET in Nigeria. Consequently, the paper recommended among others that a massive public orientation campaign, to encourage parents, teachers and the public at large towards female education in general and Technical and Vocational Education and Training in particular and a call for the removal and abolition of all socio-cultural, religious and political barriers inhibiting female education in general and Technical and Vocational Education and Training in particular.
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    Competencies Needed by Electrical Technology Education Lecturers in the Use of Social Media for Research Activities in Tertiary Institutions
    (Academic Journal Of Research And Development (AJORAD), 2018) Ibrahim, Y.; Owodunni, S. A.; Igwe, C. O.
    The study determined the competencies needed by Electrical Technology Education Lecturers in the use of social media for research activities in tertiary institutions in North West Zone, Nigeria. Three research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population comprised of 63 respondents from University, Polytechnic and Colleges Education. The instrument used for the study was four points rated 33 item questionnaires. No sampling was carried out since the entire population of 63 was considered manageable. The instrument for the study was validated; pilot tested and Cronbach Alpha reliability found to be 0.87. Data collected was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test at 0.05 level of significance using SPSS version 20. The study found out that Electrical Technology Education Lecturers (ETEL) need 26 competencies at different levels and magnitude while seven competencies were not needed. There was no significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female of ETEL on the competencies needed by ETEL in the use of social media for research activities. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that: management of each of the tertiary institutions should use the identified competencies needed to organize special training workshop for the ETEL in the use of social media for research activities,