Abstract:
Teaching as a profession is deeply rooted in historical antecedents. Granted
that its journey from the status of a voluntary service in the hands of Christian
missionaries with no legal instruments and reliable conditions of service to the
present one of its integration into the public service has been a giant stride, its
management challenges have, in many instances, constituted drawbacks to the
optimal development of the teacher. Some of the management challenges touch
on the inconsistencies with regard to admission requirements for teachers’ training,
discrepancies in their recruitment and deployment, irregular career progression,
inadequate provision of teaching and learning material, the non-inclusive nature
of curriculum review, the reluctance of government to address teachers’ genuine
grievances, inadequate teacher incentives and others. As a remedy, the school
should be recognised as a learning organisation that, among other things, should
fi nd expression in the Nigerian teacher being equipped to cope with the modern
practices that are required of a new teacher.
Description:
Proceedings of the 3rd biannual International Conference on
Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA) held at
the University of Cape Coast,
Cape Coast, Ghana, August 2009
