The Effect of Teaching and Promoting Creativity in Sewing among Vocational Skills Students from Selected Colleges in Kitwe District of Copperbelt Province, Zambia

Abstract: The study explored the views of college lecturers from selected colleges in Kitwe District on the effect of teaching and promoting creativity in sewing among vocational skills. The study was designed to gather information from the selected colleges on the effects of teaching and promoting creativity in sewing among vocational skills and how it can be improved in terms of teaching and learning (Education), not only in Zambia but the whole world as it is regarded as the (stepping stone) vehicle to accelerate the country’s economy, development and social growth. Basically the ingredients for human development and the country in general is Vocational and Technical Education and this has been stressed in Zambia’s education system since Pre-independence. The research design was a descriptive survey. The study objectives identified the methods for teaching sewing at the selected Colleges in Kitwe District. Through purposive and cluster sampling, 100 participants were chosen for the study. A questionnaire and observation checklist was used for data collection. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21.0 was used for data analysis. Frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations were generated and presented in the table. The study revealed that most lecturers and students agreed to the fact that demonstration, teaching and learning materials had a positive attitude towards the students in learning sewing creativity. The study therefore recommended that there should be more mechanisms in place to serve as a guide and the use of appropriate teaching and learning materials to facilitate the learning of sewing creativity. Additionally, there is need to improve the teaching and promoting sewing creativity skills in colleges. Keywords: Creativity, Design Education, Professionalism, Teaching, and Vocational Skills. Title: The Effect of Teaching and Promoting Creativity in Sewing among Vocational Skills Students from Selected Colleges in Kitwe District of Copperbelt Province, Zambia Author: Esnart Muwowo, Anna Phiri, Chanda Chansa Thelma International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning ISSN 2394-9686 Vol. 11, Issue 5, September 2024 - October 2024 Page No: 21-32 Novelty Journals Website: www.noveltyjournals.com Published Date: 27-September-2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13851282 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/The%20Effect%20of%20Teaching%20and%20Promoting-27092024-4.pdf