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Workshop
By Okeoghene Oghenekaro
Abuja, Feb.16, 2017 (NAN) Some teachers rose from a just concluded workshop in Abuja with a renewed commitment to give their best to their students
The teachers, who participated in the 2nd Level Workshop for Teachers of the proposed Nigeria-Korea Model School, Abuja, made their position known in separate interviews on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the workshop in Abuja on Thursday.
Mr Owele Uche, who was the overall best teacher (Primary school category), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he had become a multimedia-based teacher and would teach his students what he had learnt.
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“It’s been a turning point for me to become a multimedia based teacher. I know I do a lot in teaching but this one is an edge.
“Latest technology, being able to source your material and to present it using multimedia, computer smart board, clips and all that, in a way that is learners centered.
“Now the learners are the focus, to be able to achieve great heights in their academics. That is the turning point for me.
“With this I am going to start up straight away, the school is not starting immediately but I will start up straight away with my current school pupils
“By applying all the techniques we have been taught, story, dramas, pictures, video all incorporated into teaching including music as a way of reminding them of what they have learnt.’’
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Veronique Obanje, the overall best teacher (Secondary school category, ) at the workshop, expressed the belief that her students’ performance would improve if she taught them all she had learnt during the seminar.
“The training has been really insightful and I feel if we use what we have learnt, children in Nigeria have no right to fail.
“They have no excuse because you see the teaching is practical; the materials, everything used comes to life.
“ Unlike the theoretical we are used to,’’ she said.
Also speaking to NAN, Dr Jay Pyeon, the Project Manger of the Abuja Model School Project, said one of the objectives of the workshop was to create multimedia-based environment for basic education in Abuja model school.
Pyeon said there were plans by KOICA to train no fewer than 150 non-model teachers in a few months so the knowledge would be widespread.
“It means teachers can train teachers after they have been trained, about 150 teachers would be trained so they can in turn train other teachers.
“Simply they will train themselves based on out teacher training process and they will go back to their schools to train their colleagues.’’
Prof. Kim Dae Gun, a professor of Ethics Education and one of the resources persons said he believed Nigeria had progressed in the area of gender equality.
He, however, said there were still many social problems such as child abuse which needed to be addressed.
He said. “To prevent social problem school should teach social ethics, internet ethics, and environmental ethics to prevent social problems in the future.’’
Prof Choon Sig Lee, a professor of practical science education and also a resources person said Nigerian teachers needed to develop assessment and evaluation ability.
“They also need hand -on practice skills; teachers need more creative ideas and thinking, and conceptual mapping and drawing.’’
NAN reports that the 10 day workshop which was organised by the Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA) had 72 teachers and 6 school administrators in attendance.
KOICA, which started operations in Nigeria in 2008 at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, is a government agency responsible for grants and technical programmes for development partners. (NAN)
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Edited by Emmanuel Yashim
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