THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGINEERING DRAWING SUBJECT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

This descriptive study was conducted to identify the topics of Engineering Drawing which are difficult to understand, understand the problems faced by educators and their needs of Engineering Drawing in secondary schools. A total of 40 teachers teaching Engineering Drawing in the state of Malacca and 138 students from three districts in Pahang were employed as samples in this study. The instrument used is a set of five Likert-scale questionnaires and open-response questions. The reliability index of the instruments used is the alpha Cronbach 0.82. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) for Windows Version 12.0 with a percentage and frequency response while the analysis of open questions began with a written record of participant responses to the raw data, which is then transcribed into a computer and analysed manually. Data is coded and categorised according to specific themes. Findings indicated that students found the combination topics Tangent and Additional Views were difficult to understand. The problems encountered when teaching and learning Engineering Drawings was the lack of teaching aids, reference materials, teaching and learning equipment and facilities. Additional problems found that there was insufficient information technology, ineffective teaching methods, students attitudes towards the subject and not enough teaching hours and revision time being allocated for Engineering Drawing. In lieu of the above, teaching aids in the form of modules and software, equipment and facilities including fully equipped drawing rooms, adequate information technology facilities and enough teaching and revision hours are pivotal.