February 2012

Pattern cutting skills in small scale garment industries and teacher education universities in Ghana

The purpose of the study was to compare pattern cutting skills taught in Teacher Education Universities in Ghana with what were used in local small scale garment industries. Fifty small scale entrepreneurs in six regions of Ghana were purposively selected to demonstrate how to take body measurements and cut patterns for a lady’s fitting dress. Measurement and pattern cutting procedures used by the garment...

Author(s): Phyllis Forster and Irene Ampong

February 2012

Secondary schools graduates’ attitude towards textbooks for vocational education

  The aim of the study is to evaluate the current condition of textbooks for pupils of secondary vocational schools and high schools within their technical education. We have focused on the contextual and didactical view of the textbooks as well as working with them and their structure. The survey was realised via an expert method and the survey sample was represented by first-year university students of the...

Author(s): Marian Novota, Zuzana Ridzoňová, Jozef Kadnár and Petra Štefková