TEACHER EDUCATION AND PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: PROSPECT AND CHALLENGES
Everynationstrivestowardstheprovisionofqualityeducationforitscitizens,because of the realisation that education is necessary to engineer and consolidateanynation’s developmentalprocess.However,achievingqualityeducationwouldbeamirageifteachereducationisnotingoodshape.This paper examined the historica...
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| Language: | English |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2018
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Religions' educator
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-117 |
| Summary: | Everynationstrivestowardstheprovisionofqualityeducationforitscitizens,because of the realisation that education is necessary to engineer and consolidateanynation’s developmentalprocess.However,achievingqualityeducationwouldbeamirageifteachereducationisnotingoodshape.This paper examined the historical development of teacher education in Nigeria, thepurposeofteachereducation,the present position of teacher education in Nigeria,the role and attributes of a good teacher and the need for professionalisation of the teaching profession. Moreover, animportantthrustofthepaperhingesonthechallengesfacingteachereducationinNigeriawhichincludeinadequatefunding,poor societal perception of teacher education; lackofcommitmentamongteachers;problemofattritioninteaching;lackofmotivationandunethicalbehaviourofsometeachers.Basedonthesechallenges,itwastherefore,recommended,asthewayforward,thatteachingprofessionshouldbetrulyprofessionalised;publicshoulddeveloppositiveperceptionofteachers;thecurriculumofteachereducationneedstobereviewedinconformitywithglobaltrends.Itwasalsorecommendedthatthereshouldbeimprovedwelfarepackageforteachers.Thegovernment,aswellas,other stakeholders should ensure that be fittingin frastructures are put in place to enhance better teacher education programme. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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