International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 2(4), pp. 64-71, May, 2014.

ISSN: 2360-7866

 DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2014.013

Review

Enhancing Quality of Mathematics offered in the Nigerian School System; through effective Mathematics Professional Development

¹Ebiendele Peter and ²Adetunji  A. Olaoye

¹Department of Basic Sciences, School of General Studies Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi-Edo State.

²Department of  Science and Technology  Education, Lagos state University,Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria.

Corresponding author’s Email: Peter.ebiendele@yahoo.com.  Phone: +2348033311292

Accepted 19 April 2014

This paper focuses on enhancing quality of mathematics offered in Nigerian School System; Through effective mathematics professional development. The poor performances of students in mathematics at both internal and external Examinations in Nigeria, are of great concern to all Educational Stakeholder’s. In quest of looking for how to improve teacher’s content knowledge in mathematics, improve their skills and instructional practices at the classroom, inform this study. Hence this paper sought to examine and review relevance literatures on the four core goals area and features of mathematics professional development, as to ascertain the extend at which it will improves teacher’s content knowledge/practice via students high achievement. The examined and reviewed literatures shown among others that changes which occurred in teacher knowledge/practice, increase in students learning and achievement are all as a result of effective mathematics professional development. It was recommended that this review should serve as a guiding document among others, for mathematics educators in Nigeria as they plan professional development.

Keywords: Enhancing, Quality of Mathematics, Offered, Professional Development, Nigerian and school system.




 

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