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ABSTRACT: Developing groundwater is generally an excellent option for sustainable water supplies in Nigeria, despite some challenges. However, to achieve a sustainable supply, planning is required which needs hydrological and hydrogeological data as well information on water demand and general socioeconomic conditions. Data requirements include: the quantity of water required per year, intended rate of abstraction, the use of water and the amount of money available; detailed geology of area...
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The study examined Upper Basic Mathematics teachers‟ assessmentof Teacher Professional Development (TPD) components, which isunder Teacher Quality Improvement programme, a sub-component of Education Reform Agenda of Kwara state education sector. The key aspects of Teacher Professional Development include: Learner-centered approach;learning for all and from each other; Learning Management; Assessment; Facilitating the professional development of mentor teachers among others. The assessment...
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This study was a survey of the attitude of teachers-in-training to teaching profession in the Nigerian tertiary institutions taking College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and the Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti as a case study. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of intending teaching personnel and their dispositions to the teaching profession. The participants were stratified into two and random sample was used to draw one hundred students in the...
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This thesis provides a comparative theoretical analysis and empirical description of teachers' Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Abuja and Portsmouth. The theoretical sections comprise a comprehensive review of literature that examines teaching as a profession and key developments and the contribution of CPD towards teacher professionalization in both countries. The empirical aspect investigates and discusses the findings relating to teacher professional development, providing a...
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The study focused on information and communication technology awareness among technical college teachers in Benue State, Nigeria. Four research questions were asked to guide the study. A sample survey research design was adopted for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from the population of 106 respondents in the eight technical colleges in Benue State, that is, all the technical colleges in the state were used for the study. Frequency count and percentage were used...
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A Thesis in the Department of Teacher Education, Submitted to the Faculty of Education, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of University of Ibadan
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This paper investigated the need to enhance instructional delivery of primary school teachers through in-service training for quality instructional delivery in Nigerian primary schools.The paper also examined the status of primary education and highlighted the various strategies by which the government could help in enhancing instructional delivery through in-service training of primary school teachers in order to update their knowledge on the job.It critically examined the status of...
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Quality in primary education is currently high on the education agenda in developing countries. What is quality? How can we effectively measure it? How can we achieve it? How can we improve it? The author considers two suggestions to be critical to answering these above questions and engages with them in this article:• place what is happening in the school and classroom, specifically teaching and learning processes, at the top of the quality agenda; and • use lesson observation to answer the...
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In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the dichotomy of vocational education versus general education. This is more so as political pronouncements in many countries across the globe have taken on knowledge and skills as the key aim of the desire to improve access to education at all levels. Nowhere is this debate more tested, fiercely debated and gained controversy as in Africa. However, given recent developments in which knowledge and skills have become more acceptable terms...
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'A manual for the 21st-century citizen... accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant and urgent' - Financial Times 'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year In this New York Times bestseller, Cathy O'Neil, one of the first champions of algorithmic accountability, sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that...
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The need to empower pre-service teachers with knowledge and skills for teaching exceptional learners in regular classrooms led to the introduction of element of special education curriculum into the Nigerian teacher preparation programmes.The extent to which the curriculum is being implemented towards the achievement of its objectives has however, continued to raise concerns among educators.One of the problems is the fact that this curriculum is being implemented by unqualified...
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Technical drawing is the foundation for technical subject, it implies that it must be taught properly so that the students interest in any of the technical courses won’t be dash to the ground. This study pointed out the value of an effective teacher and its importance to our educational system. Effectiveness of a teacher comes with updated experience of teacher to meet the demand of the 21<sup>st</sup> century, instabilities of government policies causes more harm to our educational system....
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The literature on training approaches for both pre-service and in-service teacher training has been dominated since the 1980s by reflective approaches. This has undoubtedly influenced the relatively recent introduction of reflective approaches in developing countries. This article explores efforts, within an action research study of a 3-year (1995–1997) In-service Education and Training (INSET) programme, to implement reflective approaches in the training of unqualified and underqualified primary...
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lt is estimated that epilepsy affects approximately 50 million people worldwide and about 40 million of them live in developing countries. Studies have indicated high rates of poor knowledge, negative attitude and poor first aid management skills of students with epilepsy among practicing teachers. However, there is paucity of such studies on trainee teachers to ascertain any similarities or differences (if any) and the effect of educational interventions.To determine the effect of a health...
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Exposure of school children to lead from various sources, including the school environment, is perilous to their health. Teachers constitute an important channel for reaching pupils and their parents with Lead Poisoning (LP) prevention messages. In Nigeria, there is inadequate information about teachers’ knowledge of LP and the effects of training intervention (TI) on their knowledge and perceptions regarding LP. The study therefore assessed teachers’ knowledge of LP and determined the...
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This research investigated the availability of instructional technologies for the teaching of students during micro-teaching in preparation for teaching practice activities, it also examined the relationship between the use of instructional technologies and students' performance in teaching practice activities, and the paper examined the performance of individual students from the colleges of education in Kogi State.Three research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the...
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