A Comparative Study on Level of Competency Required By Lecturers and Students in the Use of Computer Aided Design for Pattern Drafting in Tertiary Institutions Nasarawa State

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VII, July 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186

A Comparative Study on Level of Competency Required By Lecturers and Students in the Use of Computer Aided Design for Pattern Drafting in Tertiary Institutions Nasarawa State

Nasara, E .S.*, Agbo, D.A.
Department of Home Science and Management, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author

Abstract: – This study was a comparative study on the level of competency required by Lecturers and students in the use of Computer Aided Design for Pattern Drafting. The sample size for the study was 123 respondent, these include Lecturers and students of the department of Home Science and Management, Nasarawa State University. Two research questions were answered. The instrument used for data collection was Lecturers and Students Questionnaire. Data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation. Independent T-test was used to test the hypotheses. Responses from both Lecturer and Students indicatedthat competencies of lecturers and students on basic CAD knowledge were to a low extent whereas competencies on basic educational knowledge of lecturers and students were to a moderate extent. The study concluded that both lecturers and students have low competency level in teaching and learning of pattern drafting using Computer Aided Design for pattern drafting. Based on this findings, recommendations were made that school management should provide appropriate staff development policy to enhance training in Computer Aided Design for pattern drafting in tertiary institution in Nasarawa State.

Keywords: competency, lecturers, students, computer aided design, pattern drafting.

I. INTRODUCTION

Patterns is a style, planor diagram used as a guide in making clothes. It is also a plan put on piece of paper drafted and cut to sizes and shapes used for cutting out fabric for sewing out dresses. It is the paper cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced into fabric before cutting out.Pattern cutting is the science of designing patterns(Igbo and Iloeje, 2003). It is the design of garment containing all instructions, allowances to accommodate the size of the wearer (Aldrich,2006). Drafting is the sketching of an image on paper to show a portrait of a work one intends to do. It is the engineering approach to producing pattern using a set of measurement obtained from a figure while following a set of instructions (Igbo and Iloeje, 2003).

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