(Kwara State University Press, 2023-11-19) Dr. SHEHU, Suleiman Abdullahi & Dr. Rabiatu Musa Mafara
This paper discussed Technology Adoption in Teacher Education: A
Pathway to Achieving SDG-Goals in Nigeria Educational System. It is a
glaring belief now that, the growth in access to Information and
Communication Technology has brought about massive changes in many
sectors within the society, including education. This is so because,
technology is seen as integral part of our everyday lives, and consequently
it must also form an essential part of all classroom functions. Based on the
foregoing, the paper explores secondary sourced data from print materials
and online journal and article. Therefore, the paper discussed Components
Structure of Teacher Educational Practice in Nigeria, and these were: Pre primary teacher education; Primary teacher education; Secondary teacher
education; Higher education programmes and Vocational Teachers Training.
Similarly, it enlisted and explained technology that could be adopted for the
programme which include Communication Atenea: Global School Leader.,
Inspiring Teachers Peer Coaching Platform; Lead Now and Perform Ed
among others. Moreso, the paper treated Teacher education programme
and technology adoption Process were the concept of Inservice and Pre service as teacher education programe are elaborated upon. Lastly,
Conclusion and recommendations were made and these are: Instructional
designers and teacher educators should consider the packaging of learning
materials and making them available as e-books or e-materials that could
easily be accessed and read through handsets and other devices. Similarly, Teacher educators should develop highly interactive applications particularly blogs and group
emailing services that can help effectively exchange instructional ideas and give every student
equal access to learning materials.