What is it about?
The paper reviewed science education in Nigeria from the pre-independent era to date and its challenge to sustainable development. The various efforts of the government and other stakeholders in developing science education were highlighted in the paper. It was argued that science education is crucial to the sustainable development of a nation. However, achieving sustainable development in Nigeria has been difficult due to the challenge of quality teachers. Most teachers have poor knowledge of integrating technologies in teaching and also do not have an adequate understanding of authentic learning in science. The review considered the teacher as a link between science education and sustainable development. The article was of the view that the solution to the challenge is for teachers to possess adequate technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). Others include teachers enhancing the scientific literacy of students and critical thinking skills.
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Why is it important?
Science education is vital to sustainable education globally; therefore, the instruction in science education classrooms should help students do science instead of memorisation. The nation needs to train more science teachers who are doers instead of verbilisers and visualisers as it is today.
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Most of the graduates produced in Nigerian schools are more of those who know the theory of science but cannot do science.
Dr Jacob Kola Aina
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This page is a summary of: The Trajectories of Science Education in Nigeria and its Challenge to Sustainable Development, Cross-Currents An International Peer-Reviewed Journal on Humanities and Social Sciences, March 2019, SASPR Edu International Pvt. Ltd,
DOI: 10.36344/ccijhss.2019.v05i03.002.
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