%0 Journal Article %1 conf/cogsci/MatsuzakiKA16 %A Emesiobi, Patience %D 2023 %J Central Asian Journal of Social Sciences and History %K Creativity, Education, Re-engineering Teacher %N 7 %P 95-104 %T Re-Engineering Teacher Education Programmes towards Creative Teaching Strategies; Step to Global Competitiveness. %U https://cajssh.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJSSH/article/view/824/897 %V 4 %X In the world of education, effective training of teachers is a matter of global concern. The pedagogical skill for teaching can only be acquired through a structured training programme known as Teacher Education. Teachers need to be trained personally and professionally, hence application of creativity in teacher education is paramount. This paper sets to investigate the structure and content of teacher education in Nigeria and to see how it can be re-engineered through the application of creative activities to enable individuals acquire the life skills (critical thinking and problem solving) needed to survive in the 21st century. This paper centers on re-engineering teacher education programmes towards creativity as a step to global competitiveness. It further examines the concern for application of creative activities in education for adequate functioning of the output of teacher education programmes in Nigeria. The study examined the extent to which teacher education programmes can be re-engineered towards creative teaching strategies to meet global demand for education. The act of re-engineering teacher education will affect every aspect of teacher education programme to achieve more valuable and reliable quality of success which will affect the output positively and make relevant to the society.

@article{conf/cogsci/MatsuzakiKA16, abstract = {In the world of education, effective training of teachers is a matter of global concern. The pedagogical skill for teaching can only be acquired through a structured training programme known as Teacher Education. Teachers need to be trained personally and professionally, hence application of creativity in teacher education is paramount. This paper sets to investigate the structure and content of teacher education in Nigeria and to see how it can be re-engineered through the application of creative activities to enable individuals acquire the life skills (critical thinking and problem solving) needed to survive in the 21st century. This paper centers on re-engineering teacher education programmes towards creativity as a step to global competitiveness. It further examines the concern for application of creative activities in education for adequate functioning of the output of teacher education programmes in Nigeria. The study examined the extent to which teacher education programmes can be re-engineered towards creative teaching strategies to meet global demand for education. The act of re-engineering teacher education will affect every aspect of teacher education programme to achieve more valuable and reliable quality of success which will affect the output positively and make relevant to the society.}, added-at = {2024-02-27T12:42:07.000+0100}, author = {Emesiobi, Patience}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c83d3edf687929b39670050bec7853e8/centralasian_20}, ee = {https://mindmodeling.org/cogsci2016/papers/0398/index.html}, interhash = {4bc85978fc393c9f3b959a5997ef7c60}, intrahash = {c83d3edf687929b39670050bec7853e8}, issn = {2660-6836}, journal = {Central Asian Journal of Social Sciences and History}, keywords = {Creativity, Education, Re-engineering Teacher}, language = {english}, month = {July}, number = 7, pages = {95-104}, timestamp = {2024-02-27T12:42:07.000+0100}, title = {Re-Engineering Teacher Education Programmes towards Creative Teaching Strategies; Step to Global Competitiveness.}, url = {https://cajssh.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJSSH/article/view/824/897}, volume = 4, year = 2023 }