REDESIGNING PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER EDUCATION: ALIGNING SKILLS WITH GLOBAL COMPETENCIES IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA PUBLIC TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The study worked at redesigning philosophy of education and teacher education by 
aligning skills with global competencies in Southeast Nigeria’s public tertiary 
institutions. -Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study.  Three 
research questions were used to elicit responses from participants.  The population 
comprised of 180 lecturers in 10 Southeast Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions. There 
was no need for sampling since the population was of a manageable size. Instrument for 
data collection was a self-structured questionnaire. The reliability of the instrument was 
established using Cronbach Alpha method. The coefficients obtained were 0.72, 0.73 and 
0.74 respectively for each of the three clusters in the questionnaire. Data collected were 
analyzed using descriptive statistics. Some thought-provoking findings were made and 
interesting recommendations were put forward.