HOD’S WELCOME MESSAGE

I heartily welcome you to the webpage of the Department of Arts and Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

The Department of Arts and Social Science Education is one of the two departments created from the Department of Special Education and Curriculum Studies (now defunct) on 13th March 2014. This was done following the mandate of the National Universities Commission that the Faculty of Education be re-structured in line with best practice. The Faculty submitted a proposal to the University which passed through different stages and committees before Council approval was finally given for the take-off of the Department.The B. Sc. Ed., B. A. Ed. and B. Ed. programs are designed to provide academic and professional training for teachers in the nation’s secondary schools in the relevant subjects. The programs are structured to produce teachers and educators with a solid background in the concept, knowledge and understanding of education and teaching, as well as the application and use of such knowledge for general improvement of themselves and mankind. They are also structured to produce the right calibre of dedicated professional teachers in both quality and quantity to meet the national curriculum objectives in the various programs at the secondary school level.

Dr B. A. Adesina,
H.O.D. Department of Arts and Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

 

Empowering Future Educators

Our undergraduate and postgraduate programs provide the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes for effective teaching in secondary and higher education. The postgraduate programs are aimed at producing competent educators in all arts and social science-related disciplines as well as equipping students with the knowledge, attitude and skills necessary for teaching at higher institutions of learning. Furthermore, the postgraduate programs equip students for conducting and evaluating research studies in the fields of curriculum and instruction. Generally, courses offered in curriculum cover issues of theory, design, practice, evaluation, and revision while those in instruction focus subjects listed in the National Policy on Education which are taught in Nigerian secondary schools. Courses offered in the Department are expected to provide adequate professional and academic education for teachers in the nation’s secondary and tertiary schools and personnel for other education-oriented sectors. In addition to teaching courses in curriculum and instruction to students in the programs housed by the Faculty, the Department helps these students with administrative issues such as registration of courses, collation of results and computation of grades via the staff advisory system. Furthermore, the Department, in conjunction with the Department of Science and Technology Education, also houses the teaching practice program for all Parts II and III students in the Faculty as well as M. Ed. students who do not have a degree in Education.

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