How Civil Technology Teachers Teach Woodworking Practical Skills in Schools: A Case of Ekurhuleni East, South Africa
Simphiwe Magnificent Msimango 
& Thokozani Isaac Mtshali
Issue: Vol.5 No.8 Issue Article 1 pp.1443 -1453
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2024581 | Published online 2nd August, 2024
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
In this Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) date, Technology Education teachers are exposed to a of variety teaching methods to ensure that they practice teaching practical skills effectively. Thus, Civil Technology teachers may use different methods such as practical demonstration of skills, videos and photos for teaching woodworking practical skills in schools. The goal of this research was to enquire how Civil Technology Teachers teach woodworking practical skills in schools at Ekurhuleni East, South Africa. Purposive sampling was used to identify a total of Nine (9) Civil Technology teachers to participate in this study. Mixed method research was used where semi-structured interviews and explanatory survey research were combined and integrated as a complementary data collection tool. According to the findings of this study, most of the Civil Technology teachers use practical demonstration of skills as a method to teach woodworking skills in schools. This is because practising the skills in front of the students in the workshop will not only benefit the students but will also develop teachers’ effective teaching skills for woodworking practical skills. The study recommended that teaching and learning time allocation for Civil Technology must be increased so that teachers can be able to demonstrate woodworking practical skills and also monitor hands-on activities. This paper will aid Civil Technology teachers in exploring some ways of teaching that can benefit all students regardless of their class differences when teaching woodworking practical courses.
Keywords: Civil Technology, Woodworking, Demonstration, Practical skills, Effective teaching
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Simphiwe Magnificent Msimango is an author of 3 articles and a Masters in Education student at the Tshwane University of Technology, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Technology and Vocational Education, North Campus, Gauteng Province, South Africa. He is also a fulltime lecturer for Civil Technology, Faculty of Arts and Design, in the School of Education department at the Durban University of Technology, Indumiso Campus, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal South Africa. Previously, he was the Department Head for Technology Subjects at Esibonelwesihle Secondary School, Duduza, Nigel, Ekurhuleni East, Gauteng Province, South Africa. His research focuses on qualities of effective teaching of Civil Technology craftsmanship like woodworking, plumbing and construction at secondary school level.
Dr. Thokozani Isaac Mtshali is currently a full time Lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Technology and Vocational Education, North Campus, Gauteng Province, South Africa. He is an author of 4 educational books and more that 40 published articles and book chapters. He was a cum-laude fellow for Honors and Masters holder in Technology Education from the Tshwane University of Technology. His research focuses on Technology and Vocational Education.
Msimango, Simphiwe Magnificent and Thokozani Isaac Mtshali, “How Civil Technology Teachers Teach Woodworking Practical Skills in Schools: A Case of Ekurhuleni East, South Africa,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 5, no.8 (2024): 1443 -1453. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2024581
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