Teaching the teachers of teachers of teachers

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dc.contributor.author Mays, Tony
dc.contributor.editor Aluko, Folake Ruth
dc.contributor.editor Mariaye, Hyleen
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-25T07:37:41Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-25T07:37:41Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.description Proceedings of the 6th biennial International Conference on Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA) held at the Mauritius Institute of Education, Réduit, Mauritius, 20-24 July 2015.
dc.description.abstract Nigeria, like many other countries, is currently in the process of curriculum reform to make the school curriculum more responsive to the changing needs of a 21st-century knowledge economy. This entails re-thinking not only what is taught, but also how it is taught. It is almost axiomatic that teachers teach the way they themselves were taught. Therefore, if we wish to change practices in the classroom, we first need to change practices in the colleges of education, where teachers are trained, by offering appropriate continuing professional development (CPD) to college lecturers. The design and development of a CPD programme for college lecturers was therefore the focus of one of the recent initiatives of the Teacher Development Programme (TDP) in consultation with the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) in Nigeria, which was facilitated by the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide). In the belief that the programme should practise what it preaches, the design and development of this programme was based on an activity- and resource-based and collaborative hermeneutic model. The article outlines the process followed and the outputs achieved, and may provide a useful example for others contemplating the development of a similar programme.
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-77592-144-8
dc.identifier.issn 978-1-77592-145-5
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80053
dc.publisher Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA)
dc.rights Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA)
dc.subject Continuing professional development (CPD)
dc.subject hermeneutics
dc.subject activity based learning
dc.subject resource-based learning
dc.subject collaborative learning
dc.subject modelling
dc.title Teaching the teachers of teachers of teachers
dc.type Article


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