NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDIES IN UNIVERSITIES

Eyibe Chukwuemeka S.
Publisher: JOTERD {"id":5,"volume_name":"Vol 5 Number 1","created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"url":"volumes\/5.jpg"} (1): 1: doi: 1 Published in 2017

This paper examined the need for educational research in engineering education for overall national development. Educational research has to do with an enquiry into the unknown. Most academics, engineers and lecturers in the field of engineering have found it difficult to embrace research because of the tediousness in scientific research findings. This paper x-rayed the importance of nations that realized the place of educational and scientific research and accorded it the necessary priority it deserves. Such nations are today reaping bountiful fruits of their foresight. Western countries that have embraced educational research in their engineering education are scientifically and technologically advanced and are steadily marching on to control the outer space. This paper tries to point out the constraints facing research in engineering. The paper recommended that academic institutions and students should endeavour to embrace research as a basis for improvement and development. The paper concluded that the development in human knowledge and research can exert profound influence on all spheres of human endeavour.

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