REPOSITIONING NIGERIA’S TEACHERS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS FOR 21ST CENTURY: NEED FOR INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY STRATEGIES.

OLORODE Okunade Adelayo(1), OGUNWUYI Olusegun(2), TEJUMOLA Fawziyah Omotayo(3),


(1) Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of General Education, Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate, Oyo State
(2) Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of General Education, Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate, Oyo State
(3) Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of General Education, Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate, Oyo State Ogunwuyiolusegun@yahoo.com
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Abstract


This study examines a comprehensive assessment of the repositioning of Nigeria’s Teacher training institutions for 21st Century advocating for the use of innovative, instructional delivery strategies. It explains education, the meaning of teacher education, objectives of teacher education, teachers’ training institutions’ expectation from the nation, the nation’s expectation from Teachers’ training institutions and the status of teachers’ training institutions. The paper outlines the challenges facing teachers’ training institutions, what to be done to face the challenges of teachers’ training institutions in Nigeria and strategies for repositioning teacher training institutions. It draws conclusions and some recommendations are made among which is that government should establish companies and corporations to manufacture and distribute school materials at subsidized rate to teachers’ training schools.

Keywords


Teacher, Teacher Education, Training, Innovations, Institutional delivery, Strategies

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