Abstract Environmental education is designed to help people become environmental knowledgeable, equip them with skills and attitudes that can be used collectively or severally to address environmental challenges. Unfortunately, there is no operational environmental education curriculum in schools in Nigeria. As a result of this, learners lack adequate information about environmental challenges, and habits that …
Quality Educationas a Panacea for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
Abstract This paper focused on Quality Education as a Panacea for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria. It aimed at enlightening the society about the viability of quality education in poverty reduction in Nigeria. It identified poverty as a threat to effective participation of individuals in the society so long as a big gap exists between individuals …
Challenges and Improvements for Virtual Teaching during the Time of Corona-virus Pandemic
Abstract The first quarter of 2020 was a hard time for the global community. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced sudden transformation in many sectors of the global community, turning the world upside down. One of the social areas that faced the strongest challenges, without being really prepared for it, is that of education. Teachers, students, …
Reflections on the Implications of Social Media on Education in Nigeria
Abstract Education has been considered to be the powerful instrument of social change and development. This is because it helps to disseminate new knowledge and ideas in the mind of the society. Education is expected to give new life and direction for new thought, ideas and creativity to emerge. However, for this to be possible, …
Virtual Education in Nigerian Universities: A Philosophical Appraisal
Abstract This paper examines the concept of education and the practice of virtual education in Nigerian universities. The concept of education was analyzed and taken to mean all the activities that promote learning regardless of whether it takes place within or outside a school setting. The criteria for education were put forth to include any …
Education, Politics and Leadership: A Philosophical Analysis
AbstractThis paper critically analyzed the concepts of education, politics and leadership which are considered as sine qua non in our contemporary society. Education in any nation is an important national asset that transforms its citizens’ existence and as well renovates political, cultural, social and economic activities for rapid development. Education has the foremost objective which …
Philosophy of Education, Politics and Leadership in Nigeria
Abstract This paper discusses Philosophy of Education, politics and leadership in Nigeria. Philosophy of Education is always confronted with the problem of explaining the nature of man and his society. Hence, it is needed to put order, harmony and meaning to the different and conflicting issues that emerge in an effort to solve the problems …
Citizenship Education and Insecurity: A Philosophical Appraisal of the Nigerian Situation
Abstract Today, the issue of insecurity has become a topic on the lips of every Nigerian. The deteriorating security situation in Nigeria is worrisome and is probably the cause of endemic penury, high rate of unemployment, low industrial output, high inflation rate, deteriorating exchange rate, rising external debt and so on. It is clear that …
A Critical Appraisal of Virtual Teaching and Learning Vis-A-Vis Traditional Classroom Learning in Nigerian Public Universities
Abstract The attention and interest of education systems, especially at the university level, have been shifting, of recent, to virtual teaching and learning. This is a mode of learning that enables the teacher and students to interact and communicate without being physically present to each other. The age-long traditional classroom learning appears to be gradually …
How Social Media Redesigned the Nigerian Education System: A Philosophical Analysis
Abstract The paper “philosophical analysis of how social media redesigned education system in Nigeria” was focussed on the inclusion of social media in teaching and learning. In lieu of that, the researcher explained briefly what education and social media meant and the changes that occurred by the cooperation of social media in education. The researcher …