Teaching for Social Reconstruction: The Nigerian Teacher in Perspective

Abstract

The Nigeria nation adopted education as an instrument for national development but seems to have largely ignored the view that no nation can rise above the quality of its teachers. Unfortunately, this stance, together with other apparent actions and inaction, resulting from conditions within the Nigerian society compound the problems of the teacher as he deals with his teaching chore. The paper calls on the Nigeria teacher to re-envision himself and his job so as to participate actively in reconstructing the Nigerian society against all odds.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n16p284