Repositioning Teacher-Learners' Relationship for Optimum Fulfillment of the Nigerian Educational Policy

• In Event: Roundtable Session 11
  In Roundtable Session: Approaches to Assessing Teacher Quality in a Variety of K–12 Settings

Abstract

The study aimed to identify key issues affecting patterns of teacher–pupils classroom relationship in fulfilment of some of the goals of the nation's primary education and laying a sound basis for scientific and reflective thinking. To present a comprehensive picture of the quality of primary education so as to encourage the Government to prioritise expenditure on resources to improve education and to assess the impact of any interventions. Video and audio recordings of 148 lessons were analysed. There was a prevalence of teacher explanation, recitation and rote in the classroom, with little attention paid to securing pupil understanding. Suggestions were made for more effective classroom relationship.

Author

• Mosunmola Adebunmi Amusan, federal College of Education, Abeokuta. Nigeria