CORRELATION BETWEEN CREATIVE THINKING, SELF-ESTEEM, AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AMONG STUDENTS IN ENUGU STATE

Authors

  • Dennis Ogbonna Department of Technical Education Enugu State College of Education, Technical

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/nnssh.v8i8.1352

Keywords:

TVE, creative thinking, self-esteem, attitude, students

Abstract

The present study investigated secondary school students' attitudes towards TVE  based on creative thinking and self-esteem. One hundred and sixty-six secondary school students drawn from public and private secondary schools in Enugu State participated in the study. The participants completed self-report measures on attitude towards TVE, creative thinking assessment, and Rosenberg's self-esteem scale. The findings revealed that 65.5% of the respondents expressed a positive attitude towards TVE. Also, a multiple regression model was computed to test the study's hypothesis. The regression test results showed that creative thinking and self-esteem had a positive relationship with attitudes toward TVE, as indicated by the value of (r = 0.47, F = 41.13, p<0.01). Creative thinking and self-esteem jointly explained about 21.2% of the variation in attitudes towards TVE. 

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Published

2022-08-20

How to Cite

Ogbonna, D. . (2022). CORRELATION BETWEEN CREATIVE THINKING, SELF-ESTEEM, AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AMONG STUDENTS IN ENUGU STATE. Journal of Advance Research in Social Science and Humanities (ISSN 2208-2387), 8(8), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.53555/nnssh.v8i8.1352