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Repurposing African teachers for sustainable development: Online global trends
Repurposing African teachers for sustainable development: Online global trends

Author(s): Kehinde Lawrence
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Distance learning / e-learning, Pedagogy
Published by: Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi
Keywords: African teacher; COVID-19; ICT-CFT; online global trends; sustainable development;

Summary/Abstract: This intellectual piece aims to repurpose African teachers for the achievement of Standard Development Goals (SDG) 2030 target through online global trends. To achieve this, a qualitative review method was adopted to gain insight to previous studies that have established the positive impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills and competencies in teaching and learning processes. The findings show that many African teachers need to be adequately equipped with ICT skills as captured in the UNESCO framework. The study, therefore, concludes that teachers are inevitably becoming reskilled and reequipped with a virtual learning-based framework so that the SDG 4 can be achieved. Hence, the virtual learning space model with potential to equip teachers with necessary and requisite skills and competencies was developed and recommended. This will enable teachers to transit into an online teaching environment, where the teaching and learning processes are sustained without being hampered by any future unprecedented circumstances.

  • Issue Year: 14/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 520-532
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English
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