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The study titled suitability of Office Technology and Management Graduates as perceived by employers of labour in polytechnics within the North Eastern Nigeria was conducted to determine the suitability of Office Technology and Management graduates in today’s office. The study was necessary in order to find out the perception of employers of labour on how suitable OTM graduates are in today’s office. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study was 330 employers of labour from polytechnics within north eastern Nigeria. 20 items structured questionnaire on a 4-point rating scale was used to draw data from respondents. The questionnaire was validated by three experts. Cronbach alpha reliability was used to test the reliability of the instrument and the coefficient was 0.89 showing that the instrument was highly reliable. The instrument was administered by the researchers and research assistants. Total number of 353 questionnaires were distributed, while 330 were retrieved constituting about 94% of the distributed questionnaires. Mean and Standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and t-test was used to test the null hypothesis, at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that employers of labour perceived that OTM graduates with sub-listed cognitive skills were suitable for today’s world of work and these skills are what make OTM graduates to really display the real image of the organization. There was no significant difference in the opinions of more experienced and less experienced employers of labour and the opinions of employers of labour from federal polytechnics and their counterparts from the state polytechnics in North Eastern Nigeria, therefore the null hypothesis was accepted because the null hypothesis t-cals was less than t-table values. It was recommended among others that employers of labour in polytechnics within North Eastern Nigeria should list out suitable skills they perceived suitable for OTM graduates. If this is done, OTM graduates in polytechnics within North Eastern Nigeria will work towards that and thus be ready to cope with the routine office tasks. Keywords: Suitability, Employers of Labour, Polytechnics, North-Eastern Nigeria, OTM Graaduates Title: SUITABILITY OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT GRADUATES AS PECEIVED BY EMPLOYERS OF LABOUR IN POLYTECHNICS WITHIN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA Author: ODESANYA TEMITOPE ALABA, DR FRANK OKORO International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online) Vol. 11, Issue 2, April 2023 - June 2023 Page No: 225-233 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 15-May-2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7936252 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/suitability-of-office-technology-and-management-graduates-as-peceived-by-employers-of-labour-in-polytechnics-within-north-eastern-nigeria, International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online), Research Publish Journals, Website: www.researchpublish.com

Online discussion forum (ODF) as an effective pedagogical tool for learning and knowledge construction, designed to make the learning process robust and all-encompassing. It is also expected to facilitate faster and smooth access to learning aid and for individualisation of learning. In spite of its enormous benefits, previous studies have shown that students do not make use of ODF as expected due to factors largely attributed to low level of awareness and perception without recourse to the role of institutional support. Institutional support is expected to motivate the students to be highly engaged in their learning process, this study, therefore, investigated institutional support for ODF use among Library and Information Science (LIS) students in selected Nigeria Polytechnics. Technology Organisation Environment Theory (TOE) (Fleischer, 1990), Media System Dependency (MSD) (Ball-Rokeach and Defleur, 1976) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) (Davis, 1989) provided the framework, while the descriptive survey design of correlational type was used. The population comprised all ND II LIS students in eight Nigerian polytechnics offering LIS as a course. Six hundred and thirteen (613) students were enumerated in the eight polytechnics in Southwestern, Nigeria. The instrument used were ODF (α = 0.87), Institutional support (α = 0.91). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The majority of the respondents were males (53.4%) while most of the students were found within the age brackets of 21-25 years (44.6%) with a mean age of 22.8+/-1.05. Google Answers Box (𝑥̅= 1.86) and Experts-Exchange (𝑥̅= 1.52) were the mostly used ODF by the students but with low frequency of use (𝑥̅= 2.48). Further, Institutional supports provided were moderate, technical support (𝑥̅= 2.84) and low Infrastructure (𝑥̅= 2.47). Institutional support is an influencer of online discussion forum use among LIS students in polytechnics. Government and polytechnic authorities should take cognisance of these factors particularly institutional use for optimal and efficient use of ODF.

The January 2022 edition of webometric ranking placed Yaba College of Technology as number one from 152 polytechnics in Nigeria. The ranking weight is 66 for country ranking, 8162 world ranking, Impact, Openness, and Excellence of 9698, 4558, and 7190 respectively. The negative variation and low webometric ranking of Yaba College of Technology that happened to be the first higher institution of learning in Nigeria with the slogan the first and still the best is a point of concern and motivates this research work. This research work collected data to evaluate the indicators for webometric ranking among the students and staff of Yaba College of Technology, a total of 346 were sampled students 44.51 % and Staff 55.49 %. The discussion and analysis of data obtained revealed that the poor webometric ranking is due to inadequacy of the necessary ICT infrastructure to encourage robust web presence; non-availability of up-to-date and scanty content on the Polytechnics website; Non-frequent usage of the Polytechnic website by the staff and students of the Polytechnic; the inadequate number of external networks (subnets) links with Polytechnic website; insufficient number of the top-cited publications in high impact Journals from the staff of the Yaba College of Technology; and Scanty number of the profile of staff from the Polytechnic on Google Scholar and ResearchGate, etc. among others. This research work opined that low webometric ranking could result in the following negative impact on the polytechnics lowering the esteem of the Polytechnic in the eyes of stakeholders, potential students and funding agencies, academic exchange with reputable institutions from other parts of the world for teaching, learning and research may writhe. The consequence of our findings recommendations was made to improve webometric ranking in future., Вебометричний рейтинг за січень 2022 року поставив Технологічний коледж Яба на перше місце серед 152 політехнічних закладів Нігерії. Показник рейтингу становить 66 для рейтингу країни, 8162 для світового рейтингу, вплив, відкритість і досконалість 9698, 4558 і 7190, відповідно. Негативні варіації та низький вебометричний рейтинг Технологічного коледжу Яба, який став першим вищим навчальним закладом у Нігерії з гаслом «перший і все ще найкращий», викликають занепокоєння та є стимулом для цієї дослідницької роботи. У цій дослідницькій роботі було зібрано дані для оцінки показників для вебометричного рейтингу серед студентів і персоналу Технологічного коледжу Яба, загальна кількість яких 346, серед відібраних 44,51% студентів і 55,49% персоналу. Обговорення та аналіз отриманих даних виявили, що низький вебометричний рейтинг спричинений неадекватністю необхідної інфраструктури інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій для заохочення надійної присутності в Інтернеті; відсутність актуального та мізерного контенту на сайті Політехніки; Нечасте використання сайту Політехніки співробітниками та студентами Політехніки; недостатня кількість зв'язків зовнішніх мереж (підмереж) із сайтом Політехніки; недостатня кількість найбільш цитованих публікацій у резонансних журналах від співробітників Технологічного коледжу Яба; і незначна кількість профілів співробітників Політехніки на Google Scholar і ResearchGate тощо. У цій дослідницькій роботі було висловлено думку, що низький вебометричний рейтинг може призвести до наступного негативного впливу на політехніку: зниження поваги політехніки в очах зацікавлених сторін, потенційних студентів та фінансових установ, академічний обмін з авторитетними установами з інших частин світу для викладання, навчання та дослідження можуть згортатися. Наслідком наших висновків були зроблені рекомендації щодо покращення вебометричного рейтингу в майбутньому.

Funding information: Authors also would like to thanks all the HIE that answered the questionnaire. Author contributions : Conceptualization, M.D., S.C., C.S.F, A.M., M.R., C.R., J.S.; literature review, S.C., J.S.; methodology, M.D., S.C., C.S.F, A.M., M.R., C.R., J.S.; validation and data analysis, M.D., C.S.F, M.R., C.R.; writing – original draft preparation, M.D., S.C., C.S.F, M.R., C.R., J.S.; writing – review and editing, M.D., S.C., C.S.F, A.M, M.R., C.R., J.S. Conflicts of interest : The authors declare no conflict of interest. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, Marina Duarte, Sandra Sofia Caeiro, Carla Sofia Farinha, Ana Moreira, Margarida Santos-Reis, Constança Rigueiro and João Simão. Purpose: This study aims to explore the alignment between strategic plans of the Portuguese public higher education institutions (HEIs) and their perception of the integration of sustainability in education and curricula. Design/methodology/approach: The strategic plans from 15 institutions were selected for content analysis; data about the integration of sustainability in education and curricula, from these HEI, were collected with an online questionnaire (self-report survey). Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed. Findings: Strategic plans of the Portuguese public HEIs seem to not be sufficiently aligned with self-assessment integration of sustainability in education and curricula. Research limitations/implications: The classifications used in the content analysis were constructed and revised by the authors to reduce coder interpretation issues and subsequent bias in the results. However, some subjectivity could remain. The analysis of strategic plans and self-report surveys answered by top management, or a technician, does not assess the practices and sustainability implementation in education and curricula. Practical implications: This study allows the self-report of already-implemented practices to be compared to the planned strategy of HEI governance in Portugal as stated in their strategic plans. Originality/value: An analysis and respective insights on the lack of connection between strategic planning and self-report practices about sustainability implementation, using Portugal as a case study. publishersversion published

This study assessed the quality of the websites of Nigerian polytechnics and colleges of education. Using two web diagnostic tools, SEOptimer and W3C Markup Validation Service, a total of 213 sites were evaluated in terms of six performance indicators: search engine optimisation (SEO), usability, operational performance, social media integration, security, and HTML validation. The weakest performance across the sites of both polytechnics and colleges of education was found to be with respect to social media integration, with the vast majority of sites in both categories making no use of social media. The other two indicators against which sites in both categories of institutions tended to perform poorly were SEO and operational performance. The two areas where the sites in both institutional categories generally scored well were usability and HTML validation. Meanwhile, for the security indicator, the performance was highly variable among both polytechnic and college of education sites, with significant numbers of both strong and weak scores for sites. It was also found that polytechnic sites outperformed college of education sites on SEO to a statistically significant degree (bearing in mind that both categories of sites were weak in this area). It was also found that, among the polytechnic sites, the sites of the state government-owned institutions outperformed, to a statistically significant degree, the sites of the privately owned institutions in their operational performance measure.

Dostatna izvedba tehničkog i inženjerskog obrazovanja tema je današnjice. Svijet traži načine kako riješiti problem nedovoljnog stjecanja tehničkih kompetencija kao i nedostatak iskustvenih spoznaja studenata. Izbor suvremenih nastavnih strategija i metoda najvažnije je polazište. Za razliku od onih tradicionalnih, gdje je uloga nastavnika isključivo predavačka - prenositelj znanja, a studenti pasivni primatelji informacija, suvremene nastavne metode omogućuju aktivno uključivanje u nastavni proces. Projektna nastava i učenje je sveobuhvatni pristup učenja, gdje studenti suradničkim aktivnim radom istražuju autetične probleme u svakodnevnici. Bit projektnog učenja je u procesu kao putu do spoznaje, gdje projektnom nastavom dolazi do izražaja stvaralaštvo, kreativno razmišljanje, rješavanje izvornih problema, što je i zapravo cilj same suvremene nastave. U ovom radu prikazana je projektna nastava kao temelj stjecanja inženjerskih kompetencija. Kroz primjere dobre prakse - ukratko su opisani projekti i brojne inicijative uspješnog inženjerskog obrazovanja u STEM područjima. Aanalizirano je obrazovanje inženjera politehnike sa potkrijepljenim primjerima i mogućnostima zaposlenja na tržištu rada. Na kraju dan je primjer funkcionalnog uporabnog predmeta „Pametni sat“ kao pokazatelj projektne nastave na studiju Politehnike, zajedno sa svom projektnom dokumentacijom. Učenje temeljeno na projektima integrira spoznaje iz različitih područja koje su neophodne za razvoj mladog inženjera na tržištu rada., Sufficient performance of technical and engineering education represents today's topic. The world is looking for ways to solve the problem of insufficient acquisition of technical competencies as well as the lack of experiential knowledge of students. The choice of modern teaching strategies and methods is most important. Unlike, those traditional methods, where the role of the teacher is exclusively teaching - the transmitter of knowledge, and students are passive recipients of information, modern teaching allows active involvement in the teaching process. Project teaching and learning is a comprehensive approach to learning where students are engaged in collaborative active work researching authentic problems in everyday life. The essence of project learning is in the process as a path to cognition, where project teaching expresses creativity, creative thinking, solving real problems, which is actually the goal of modern teaching. This final work presents project teaching as a basis for acquiring engineering competencies. Through examples of good practice - projects and numerous initiatives of successful engineering education in STEM areas are briefly described. The education of polytechnic engineers was analyzed with supported examples and employment opportunities in the labor market. Finally, an example of a functional use object "Smart Watch" is given as an indicator of project teaching at the Polytechnic study, together with all project documentation. Project - based learning integrates knowledge from different fields that are necessary for the development of a young engineer in the labor market.

In the field of Professional and Technological Education (EPT), one of the manifestations of language commonly seen are technical internship reports, often seen as a narrative-descriptive record document. In a wider view, this study aims to discuss the potential of the Technical Internship Report as a discursive genre, questioning the formative perspectives aimed at it and their relevance for the polytechnic development of students. This is a documentary research whose main source was the script for the preparation of the internship report adopted by IFAM, Campus Manaus Centro. By using the interpretive analysis, a dialogue with theorists was outlined, from which we verified that the formative perspective present in the analyzed elaboration guide hardly approached the formative principles of polytechnics. On the other hand, we discuss the potential of this genre under the dimensions Composition, Thematic Content, and Style, showing an instrument capable of subverting the social space in which it is inserted. We also present a proposal for an educational product based on the articulation between Polytechnics and Textual Genres. En el campo de la Educación Profesional y Tecnológica (EPT), una de las manifestaciones del lenguaje comúnmente vista son los informes de pasantías técnicas, a menudo vistos como un documento de registro narrativo-descriptivo. En una visión más amplia, este estudio tiene como objetivo discutir el potencial del Informe de Prácticas Técnicas como género discursivo, cuestionando las perspectivas formativas que le apuntan y su relevancia para el desarrollo politécnico de los estudiantes. Se trata de una investigación documental cuya fuente principal fue la guía para la elaboración del informe de prácticas adoptado por el IFAM, Campus Manaus Centro. A través del análisis interpretativo se esbozó un diálogo con teóricos, a partir del cual comprobamos que la perspectiva formativa, presente en la guía de elaboración analizada, apenas se acerca a los principios formativos de los politécnicos. En contrapartida, discutimos el potencial de este género bajo las dimensiones Composición, Contenido temático y Estilo, mostrando un instrumento capaz de subvertir el espacio social en el que se inserta. También presentamos una propuesta de producto educativo basado en la articulación entre Politecnia y Géneros textuales. No campo da Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (EPT), uma das manifestações da linguagem comumente vistas são os relatórios de estágio técnico, tido muitas vezes apenas como um documento de registro narrativo-descritivo. Em uma visão mais ampla, este estudo objetiva discutir a potencialidade do Relatório de Estágio Técnico como um gênero discursivo, problematizando as perspectivas formativas direcionadas a ele e a relevância delas para o desenvolvimento politécnico dos discentes. Trata-se de uma pesquisa documental cuja fonte principal foi o roteiro de elaboração do relatório de estágio adotado pelo IFAM Campus Manaus Centro. Mediante a análise interpretativa, delineou-se um diálogo com teóricos, a partir do qual verificamos que a perspectiva formativa, presente no roteiro de elaboração analisado, pouco se aproximou dos princípios formativos da politecnia. Em contrapartida, discutimos a potencialidade do referido gênero sob as dimensões Composição, Conteúdo temático e Estilo, evidenciando um instrumento capaz de subverter o espaço social no qual está inserido. Apresentamos ainda uma proposta de produto educacional alicerçado na articulação Politecnia e Gêneros Textuais.

The study was conducted to investigate the existing information communication technology (ICT) facilities and students’ personnel services in Osun State Colleges of Education and Polytechnics. The descriptive survey design was used in the study. The population for the study consisted of academic staff, non-teaching staff, and students of Osun State Colleges of Education and Polytechnics. The sample comprised 376 respondents which included 97 academic staff, 112 non-teaching staff, and 167 students in Osun State Colleges of Education and Polytechnics using a multi-stage sampling technique. Two sets of research instruments were used to collect data for the study, A self-designed questionnaire titled Information Communication Technology and Students’ Personnel Services Questionnaire (ICTSPSQ) was used to collect information from the respondents, and an Observation Checklist titled Information Communication Technology Facilities (ICTF) to collect additional information in the study. The reliability index of the questionnaire was 0.74. The result indicated that ICT enhanced students’ personnel services in the institutions while there was a significant difference in ICT usage and students’ personnel services in Osun State Colleges of Education (F=4.47; p 0.005) and Polytechnics (F=4.61; p 0.005) respectively. It was recommended that Colleges of Education should put more effort into making sure that those personnel services provided for students are more digitalized for efficiency and effectiveness.

В данной статье рассмотрена проблема совершенствования профессиональной подготовки будущих учителей. Обоснована необходимость рассмотрения данной проблемы средствами сравнительно-исторического анализа развития технологического образования. Выделены этапы развития технологического образования: трудовой (или дореволюционный, кон. XIX в. — 1917 г.), политехнический (или довоенный, 1918—1937 гг.), производственный (или послевоенный, 1950-е — 1993 г.), технологический (или современный, 1993 г. — наст. время). Каждому историческому этапу развития технологического образования дана характеристика, выявлены соответствующие социально-экономические и культурно-исторические условия их реализации, определены проблемы реализации предлагаемых подходов. Выделена исторически обусловленная связь технологического образования с производственной сферой, а также специфика технологического образования с отличием от других предметных областей. Определены проблемы современного технологического образования: низкая значимость предметной области «Технология» и мотивации ее освоения, нехватка квалифицированных кадров, высокая стоимость оборудования кабинетов технологии, излишнее размытие сущности и роли технологического образования на современном этапе. Обусловлена необходимость совершенствования технологического образования с сохранением его исторической связи с производственной сферой и с учетом требований, предъявляемых к сфере образования, тенденций ее развития. Предложена инновационная проектная деятельность и обучение ее основам в качестве средства совершенствования профессиональной подготовки будущих учителей технологии. Предложено обучение будущих учителей технологии таким дисциплинам, как: основы изобретательской и инновационной проектной деятельности, патентование и интеллектуальная собственность, современное высокотехнологичное оборудование, основы развития творческой личности, прикладное программирование и робототехника, промышленный дизайн, деловое общение. Приведены преимущества предлагаемого подхода., This article considers the problem of improving the professional training of future teachers. The necessity of considering this problem by means of a comparative historical analysis of the development of technological education is substantiated. The stages of development of technological education are identified: labor (or pre-revolutionary, the end of the 19th century — 1917), polytechnic (or pre-war, 1918—1937), industrial (or post-war, 1950s — 1993), technological (or modern, 1993 — present). Each historical stage in the development of technological education is characterized, the corresponding socio-economic and cultural-historical conditions for their implementation are identified, and the problems of implementing the proposed approaches are identified. The historically conditioned connections of technological education with the industrial sphere, as well as the specifics of technological education with a difference from other subject areas, are highlighted. The problems of modern technological education are identified: the low significance of the subject area “Technology” and the motivation for its development, the lack of qualified personnel, the high cost of equipping technology classrooms, the excessive blurring of the essence and role of technological education at the present stage. The need to improve technological education while maintaining its historical connection with the production sphere and taking into account the requirements of the education sector and trends in its development is conditioned. Teaching basics of innovative project activities is proposed as a means of improving the professional training of future technology teachers. It is proposed to train future technology teachers in such disciplines as: the basics of inventive and innovative design activities, patenting and intellectual property, modern high-tech equipment, basics of developing a creative personality, applied programming and robotics, industrial design, business communication. The advantages of the proposed approach are revealed., Бизнес. Образование. Право, Выпуск 3 (60) 2022