Future Challenges of Teacher Education and Remedial Tips

Academic Paper from the year 2023 in the subject Pedagogy - The Teacher, Educational Leadership, , language: English, abstract: The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund suggested that one of the goals to be achieved by progressive nations by 2030 should include investment in teacher education. Teacher education is a training specifically designed for people who want to enter the teaching profession. The program teaches the ethical pedagogies, policies, and programs of the teaching profession. This paper examines the challenges facing the teacher education program, including internship training for student-teachers, student admission procedures, teacher recruitment, appointment and probationary, parental pressure, dwindling resources, extended work hours, disciplinary measures, community interference, time management, knowledge of student learning difficulties, understanding of instructional methods, poor communication, principal/owner pressure, cyberbullying, student-teacher fellowship program, teacher salaries and conditions of service. The paper also suggests possible remedial tips for the challenges encountered in teacher education programs.

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Timothy Oziegbe Okpeku was born to the family of Chief Eragbai and Deaconess Okheren Eragbai Okpeku of Uzebba-Iuleha, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. He was born in Okokomoiko, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. He started his primary education at Okhide Primary School Uzebba where he obtained his primary school leaving certificate and proceeded to Uzebba Grammar School for his secondary education where he obtained his National Examination Council (NECO) certificate. He received his Bachelor's degree from Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Nigeria. He proceeded to the University of Benin where he obtained his Master's degree. He thereafter moved to his Alma Mata where he received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. As a student, he was a class prefect at Uzebba Grammar School, Uzebba-Iuleha, and later a class representative at the University of Benin. His hands-on research and pedagogical experience earned him the first graduate of his department's post-graduate degree program. He started his career as a teacher. Thereafter he joined the Edo State government public service as an industry officer at the Edo State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Benin City, Nigeria. Due to his passion for Nigeria's education system, education policies and programs, curriculum reform, education equity, and student achievement gap, he was among the six post-doctoral scholars selected in Africa by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as African visiting scholars to the Republic of China (Taiwan). A transnational task that took him to the Republic of China (Taiwan) for one year (January-December, 2022). While in Taiwan, he was assigned to the National Taichung University of Education, to examine the strategic aspects of the Taiwanese educational system and lessons for Nigeria. His research interests cut across school politics, pedagogy, didactic, e-learning, education psychology, education leadership, education sociology, school system, education policy, curriculum design, educational equity, program evaluation, achievement gap, instructional technology, comparative education, vocational, technical education, and training. He has recently published 10 academic papers, 7 commentaries, 12 contributed postgraduate thesis/dissertations, and 5 academic seminar papers. Dr. Timothy O. Okpeku is a recipient of the Taiwan Fellowship Award.