Teacher Education, Professional Development and the Implication of Modern Day Slavery in Education in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined teacher education, professional development and the implication of modern day slavery in education in Delta State, Nigeria. The investigation is premised on the fact that adequate and appropriate teacher education is capable of resisting modern day slavery in the teaching profession. The paper was guided by some objectives. The design of the study is the descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised teachers of public and private secondary schools in the state. The study randomly selected 318 participants, that is, 106 respondents each from the three senatorial districts of the state. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. The instrument was rated on a 4 point moderated scale of strongly agree =4, agree =3, disagree =2 and strongly disagree =1. Data generated was analyzed using mean (X̄) and standard deviation statistics at a benchmark of p≤ 2.50 as region for rejection and p≥2.50 as region for acceptance of the research question. Findings revealed that adequate and appropriate teacher education and professional development is capable of eradicating modern day slavery in the teaching profession. The paper concludes that, adequate and appropriate teacher education and professional development places the teacher in a better position to identify and resist modern day slavery in the profession. The paper recommended that in the cause of training teachers, adequate and appropriate knowledge should be imbued in them so that they will recognize when slavery tenet in being applied to their duties and responsibilities as a teacher.