PROGRAM FACAULTY OF EDUCATION RESEARCH ON TEACHER EDUCATION TOPIC: TEACHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE-LONG EDUCATION LECTURER: PROF. RAO CONG-MAN et al PRESENTER: DIDAM BANENAT DATE: JUNE‚ 2013. CONTENTS An overview of Nigeria Introduction Educational Structure of Nigeria Management of the Educational System Genesis of Teacher Education in Nigeria Colleges of Education in Nigeria The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) The National
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Describe functionalist and Marxist perspective on education. Functionalist Education can be described as the method whereby society continually passes on the knowledge it has gain from pass generations to the next or future generation. It is centered around and entails the teaching of the three R’s‚ which includes: arithmetic’s‚ reading and writing but also encompass social‚ spiritual‚ moral and physical component. It is viewed as a secondary agent of socialization as it socializes individuals
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SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Sociology is known to be a very debatable subject without an agreeable consensus. Different perspectives exist and each one tries to explain the society in a different way. A perspective can be defined as a set of principles‚ an approach or a school of thought which helps to understand and explain social life. A perspective helps us to understand how the society is organised‚ how social life is arranged and how it functions. Sociological perspectives can be categorised
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Is Education a Public Good? When making the determination on what is and is not to be considered a public good‚ it is important to recall the definition of a public good. “[A] public good is nonrival and no excludable.” (Rasen & Gayer‚ 2010) According to this definition‚ education is not a public good. As schools down size or the general population increases‚ individual schools find their student to teacher ratios to be larger than desired. As more and more students are paired with a single
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For the Functionalists‚ education performs a positive function for all individuals in society and has a powerful influence over it. The education system serves the needs of an industrial society by providing a more advanced division of labour; socialising new generations into societies shared norms and values and‚ according to meritocratic criteria‚ allocates roles in. Education supposedly meets societies through three related economic roles; socialisation; allocation and vocational training.
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BSc (Hons) Sociology SH 346 (Specialisation: Gender Studies) (Under Review) 1. Objectives The programme aims at providing students with a sound knowledge of Sociology and Gender Studies. The programme is designed to promote analytical skills in the study of human behaviour‚ gender analysis‚ social institutions and social change. The scheme of study offers adequate background for a number of professions requiring social and gender analysis in a changing society‚ both in the public and
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Education Perspectives Erin Gruwell‚ first time teacher was assigned to an inner-city high school which had just embarked in the integration system. The students in her English class were pushed through the school system without being expected to learn‚ with the assumption that they are incapable of learning. She struggles to connect with her students‚ to make them believe that they can succeed‚ and to show them that their lives is valuable‚ all while attempting to unite them and to overcome to
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Major Perspectives of sociology Three major Perspectives 4/26/2013 Brianna Slaton The Three Sociological Perspectives In today’s society many people may look at society in different ways. What you see and what I say may be totally different. You may present something in a different way than I would. Though we approach a topic differently does not mean we are wrong or right. This is just how society as a whole works. It has been this way in the past and is still present now and will
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can be defined as the study of the “origin‚ development‚ organisation‚ and functioning of human society” (Dictionary.com). Within sociology‚ there are three main theoretical perspectives that help us to understand childhood. These are the functionalist perspective‚ the conflict perspective and the interactionist perspective. Firstly‚ functionalists believe that society is viewed as a “system of interconnected parts” that works collectively in order to sustain a sense of social balance within
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America’s Education In the United States‚ from kindergarten until we are sixteen‚ it is required by law that we attend school full time. Some people go on to further their education by attending a college‚ University or trade school after high school. School comes easier to some people than to others. This is the problem with our country’s educational system‚ not everyone is getting a good enough education. The major social problem that the current educational system breeds is establishing and
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