Re-Modelling Teacher Education for Community Development in Nigeria: The 21st Century Approach

Abdullahi A. Dada, Mukhtar Umar

Abstract


The dynamic nature of education is what makes Teacher Education a changing one the world over. Teacher education is regarded as a tool for effective and successful educational system, and education process should be geared toward individual and community development. Therefore, this paper titled re-modelling teacher education for community development in the 21st century is developed to consider the concept of teacher, teaching, teacher education and community development. It also considered the issues on teacher trainer (s), teacher/teaching in the 21st century, teacher education and community development. It takes into cognizance the challenges of teacher education in the 21st century which includes among others inadequate funding, lack of motivation, globalization and lack of emphasis on the importance of involving community in the curriculum. Conclusion and suggestions were made on how best could teacher education be re-modelled to meet the 21st century needs. This article will be of great relevant to teachers, policy makers, curriculum planners, designers and developers as well as the movers and shakers in the curriculum field.


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