Teacher Capacity Building and Effective Teaching and Learning: A Seamless Connection

Abstract

This paper explores the trajectories between teacher capacity building and effective teaching and learning with
particular reference to the Nigerian context where the education system is facing unprecedented challenges. Paradoxically, the
solutions appear to be elusive. This paper argues that as micro-level practitioners, teachers constitute the nexus of any
sustainable transformation of the system. To achieve this goal as well as to stem the tide of teacher underperformance, a central
argument in the paper is that building teacher capacity is not only critical to successful teaching and learning, it should also be
the starting point for reconstituting the education system. Towards this end, the paper identifies three context-responsive areas
of strategic intervention vis à vis teacher capacity building.