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Ekeh, Martin C.; Venketsamy, Roy; Thuketana, Nkhensani S.; Joubert, Ina – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2022
Background: Teachers are responsible for developing and enhancing communication skills amongst young learners. Unfortunately, the overly structured pedagogy which many teachers adopt inhibits the optimal development of oral communication skills. Hence, the researchers investigated ways of strengthening group-work play-based pedagogy to stimulate…
Descriptors: Play, Teaching Methods, Speech Communication, Preschool Education
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Owojori, Moyinoluwa Grace; Gbenga-Akanmu, Taiwo Oladunni – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2021
This study assessed government commitment in fulfilling its obligations in ensuring quality early childhood education (ECE) as outlined in the National Policy on Education; examined the teaching strategies that teachers employed to ensure appropriate teaching and learning process; and assessed the challenges associated to teaching strategies used…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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Ukala, Catherine Chinyere; Agabi, Ogar G. – Journal of International Education Research, 2017
Cultural values and identities remain the bench mark for national identity, cohesion, patriotism and harmonious coexistence in any society. The introduction of western education into West Africa created a weak bridge between the indigenous education and the western education which needs to be properly linked using curriculum harmonisation. This…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Indigenous Populations, Educational Games, Teaching Methods
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Shoaga, Opeyemi; Akintola, Olugbenga Adeyanju; Okpor, Christiana Isiwat – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Nurturing reading proficiency among the Nigerian children has become pivotal to a functional and development-oriented education. The place of phonics in achieving this strategic goal seems unquestionable with attendant entrepreneurial opportunities for early childhood educators. This study therefore, investigates the influence of phonics in…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Phonics, Entrepreneurship
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Moland, Naomi A. – Global Education Review, 2017
This article examines how international organizations promote play-based pedagogical approaches in early childhood settings around the world, and how local educators respond. As a case study, I investigated Sesame Workshop's efforts to introduce play-based approaches in Nigerian classrooms. In addition to producing a Nigerian version of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Play, Early Childhood Education
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Odejobi, Cecilia Omobola – World Journal of Education, 2014
The study compared the language instructional delivery system between the nursery schools in rural and urban areas in Osun state. The population consisted of all the nursery school teachers in Osun state. Proportionate random sampling was used to prune down the population. In all 130 nursery school teachers, 68 in urban areas and 62 in rural areas…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Rural Schools, Urban Schools
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Odinko, Monica N.; Williams, Joanne M.; Donn, Gari – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2009
Through this study researchers sought to evaluate the effects of qualification on instructional delivery modes of practicing preschool teachers in Nigeria. The sample consisted of 93 preschool teachers and 2,859 pupils aged 4 to 5 years. Schools were selected through stratified random sampling to ensure adequate representation of private, public,…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Preschool Education, Teacher Qualifications, Foreign Countries
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Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; Inuwa, Ruqayattu Rufai; Sunal, Dennis W.; Haas, Mary E. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2001
Investigated teaching experiences and methods in Nigerian primary schools, using classroom observations and interviews with 3 teachers for 10 consecutive days. Examined the teachers' perceptions of learning and the congruence between teachers' expressed perspectives and observed teaching. Found that the teachers varied widely in their views of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Ermenc, Klara Skubic, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don,…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Global Approach, Competence, Comparative Education