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    Teacher Concerns on the Uptake of Auto-CAD in the Teaching of Building Drawing in Zimbabwe Secondary Schools: A Case of Masvingo District
    (Indiana Journal of Arts & Literature, 2022-10-18) Sithole, S.; Hahlani, O.S.
    A qualitative case study was conducted to explore teacher concerns on the uptake of Computer Aided Drafting (Auto-CAD) in the teaching of Building Drawing (BD) in secondary schools of Masvingo District in Zimbabwe. The study was motivated by the failure by all the fourteen secondary schools offering Building Technology and Design in the district to integrate Auto-CAD five years after the introduction of an updated curriculum. The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) introduced an updated curriculum in 2017 which ushered in the use of ICTs in school curriculum in the country, but as of May 2022 secondary schools in the district offering the subject had not embraced Auto-CAD in their teaching as per new syllabus requirement. The study was guided by the transition theory by Shlossberg (1981). The study population included 15 subject teachers, as well as 14 HODs in the district. The study revealed that although subject teachers supported the use of Auto-CAD, they however sounded concern on the challenges they faced in trying to embrace it in their teaching. Challenges ranged from lack of expertise on the part of teachers on how to use Auto-CAD to shortages of key resource in the district. The study recommends that subject teachers be staff developed on how to use AutoCAD for them to remain relevant in the classroom. Resources such as laptops, Auto-CAD software as well as stable electrical power should be availed in schools for the ease adoption of this software package in secondary schools in the district.