TEACHING AND LEARNING THREATENED IN NIGERIA: INNOVATIVE RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO THE RESCUE.

ROBINSON OSARUMWENSE OWENVBIUGIE; EWEMADE IYAMU

TEACHING AND LEARNING THREATENED IN NIGERIA: INNOVATIVE RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO THE RESCUE.

ROBINSON OSARUMWENSE OWENVBIUGIE, EWEMADE IYAMU

Abstract

The 21st century teaching and learning has gone beyond chalk and board, teacher-centred, and mere memorization of facts and concepts. The whole system reform is undergoing innovative teaching and learning metamorphosis. This research examined the new research findings arising from the innovative teaching and learning research project sponsored internationally by Microsoft partners in learning. The research findings identified fostering communities of learning, learning by design, the neo-Piagetian central conceptual structures, web-based inquiry science engineering, cognitive tutors, direct instruction, higher order thinking skills, and knowledge building as innovative research-based approaches to teaching and learning. Secondary data was used to obtain information. On the whole it was recommended that Nigeria government should be among the policy partners in innovative teaching and learning research as Senegal is the only Africa nation that is a member; the Government should provide the enabling environment for innovative teaching and learning to kick-start in Nigeria, among others.

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