Angela Izuagba

• B.A(Hons) English Language; Post Graduate Diploma in Education, M.Ed, Curriculum Studies, PhD curriculum Studies ,Certificate in Educational Leadership
• Professor (Full) at Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education

Literacy development in education has been an issue of global concern. In Nigeria, learners in primary schools generally struggle to learn due to poor literacy skills which manifests in their inability to comprehend concepts in the school subjects. It is against this background that several research studies have been carried out on ways of improvin...

The aim of the study was to find out the perception of teachers towards enhancing their professional and human developments through mentoring using Owerri Educational zone. The result of the study would be significant as it would provide a basis for incorporating the mentoring system into teachers' development programmes. Four research questions we...

Differentiated instruction involves altering the implementation and design of the lesson and activities so that the needs of all children are met. Through it children use different pathways to explore and learn while taking away the same essential ideas and understanding on the content. The study sought to determine teachers’/caregivers practice in...

The study sought to determine errors made by students undergoing the Professional Diploma in Education programme in the institution. This study stems from the fact that the current dominant medium of accessing knowledge globally is the English language. Unfortunately, the reality in Nigeria is that students’ performance in English is very poor, ins...

The study examined using education to achieve sustainable development goals: role of teachers at the senior secondary education level. The study employed descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of all the senior secondary education level teachers in Owerri Educational Zone of Imo State totaling 2,634. Simple random sampling...

Studies have identified the mismatch between theory and practice as the main reason for gap between the intended and the achieved curriculum objectives. The early childcare education is no exception.Theories of child development emphasize that children learn best through play and self-discovery. Unfortunately, research results reveal that caregiver...

Without quality teacher educators learners will not acquire the expected knowledge and competences needed to promote sustainable life styles, this underscores the importance of education in achieving the SDGs. This study sought to determine teacher educators’ knowledge of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the extent to which they refl...

The research stemmed from literature that revealed that most pupils in the public primary schools in Nigeria cannot read and write. Some researchers attributed this to poor foundation in teaching initial reading due to teachers’ lack of skills in teaching initial reading and their use of ineffective methods. Based on this, the researchers decided t...

Abstract The study sought to determine the effects of the use of Wordle and lecture method in teaching Curriculum Studies 1 EDU: 222 on students’ performance. 100 students were purposively selected and to ensure homogeneity and consistency, the WRub was given to the 100 students and they were then grouped based on their performance - above average,...

Abstract: It has been observed that teacher education programmmes in Nigeria do not prepare teachers to use collaborative strategies in equipping learners with the soft skills (creative thinking, critical thinking, collaborative and communicative skills), to enable them compete favourably in the knowledge-driven market. As a result, stakeholders in...

The main purpose of this study is to determine teacher educators’ perception of the influence of the two models of initial teacher education programme on the quality of student teachers’ teaching. The study was a descriptive survey and population comprised all teacher educators that teach student-teachers in the concurrent and consecutive models of...

This paper sets out to examine the roles of women in the achievement of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) objectives. Their roles as mothers and teachers in the educational development of the child are examined. As mothers they are the first teachers the child has and as professional teachers they are the initiators of the learning process, the f...

This study sets out to examine the extent to which teacher education programme adequately prepares teachers for the achievement of the millennium development goals 2 & 3. This research stems from the fact that education is the most potent instruments that can be used in developing human capacity for national development and since the teacher is the...

The increasing complexity of the Nigerian society as a result of social changes has had adverse effects on curriculum implementation at the tertiary level. The Federal Government as well as some institutions has introduced some novel practices to contend these pressures some of which include the privatization of higher education, the introduction o...